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

3 Kirklee House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Darlington (DL1 5NF). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 74 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in 3 Kirklee House, where floor areas span 72–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 66), 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, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 74 m² it's 22.2% 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 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£132/sq ft) was about 20.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £105,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.