37 Middleton Lane, Middleton St George, Darlington, DL2 1AF

37 Middleton Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Middleton St. George, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2014) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Darlington HPI: 11.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £366,000 is 24.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 30.7% below the postcode norm. At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.