24 The Front, Middleton One Row, Darlington, DL2 1AS

24 The Front is a semi-detached house in Middleton One Row, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 1AS). It has a recorded floor area of 330 m² (around 3552 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal.

At 330 m² the property is well over the postcode median (136 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £525,000 sits 60.2% above the 2013 sale of £327,650. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 33.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in March 2013.