18 Dale Road, Sadberge, Darlington, DL2 1ST

18 Dale Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Sadberge, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 1ST). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 12 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £350,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.