5 Hill Rise, Middleton One Row, Darlington, DL2 1AZ

5 Hill Rise is a three-bedroom detached house in Middleton One Row, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 1AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since November 1999 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 sits 243.5% above the 1999 sale of £108,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 54.8% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.