21 Brighton Road, Darlington, DL1 4AR

21 Brighton Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Darlington (DL1 4AR). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in December 2007. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 87 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 33 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 is 28.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 35.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.