20 South View, Brafferton, Darlington, DL1 3LB
About 20 South View
20 South View is a five-bedroom detached house in Brafferton, Darlington, Darlington (DL1 3LB). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include a conservatory and a loft.
At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £395,000 is 28.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 34.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £308,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- LoftYes
- ConservatoryYes
Energy performance
20 South View's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 20 South View, Brafferton, Darlington, DL1 3LB
- Feb 2016Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey extension to rear and loft conversion incorporating roof lights to rear
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01196/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- TreesJan 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
20 South View's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.4% per year over 18 years.
£308,000
Growth on file: 0.4% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
28 January 2022Most recent
£308,000
+7.3%over 17 years1 July 2004
£287,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in DL1 3LB: £241,475 (2024–1998).
Versus other South View homes
20 South View outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,702
Street avg £1,419
Floor Area
181 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Brafferton FLX — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School. 2 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB







