5 Church Lane, Middleton St George, Darlington, DL2 1DD

5 Church Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Middleton St. George, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 426 m² (around 4585 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2014. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 426 m² the property is well over the postcode median (228 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £953,000 is 14.1% above the 2021 sale price. Sold June 2021 for £835,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.