26 Kirklee House, Victoria Road, Darlington, DL1 5NF

26 Kirklee House is a mid-terrace house in Darlington (DL1 5NF). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 70 m² this is the 20th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–106 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 33 units on file.

At 70 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 32 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 is 27.3% above the 2022 sale price. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £88,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.