Carey Cottage, The Green, Cleasby, Darlington, DL2 2QZ

Carey Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cleasby, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 2QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2010); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2011–2017, sale prices here grew -0.1% per year, broadly in step with Darlington's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 is 30.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 110.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.