Chapel House, Bolam, Darlington, DL2 2UP

Chapel House is a detached house in Bolam, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 2UP). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 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 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £477,000 sits 240.7% above the 1997 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 59.3% below the postcode norm.