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Get started7 Orchard Grove is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gainford, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 3EF). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 64 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Darlington HPI: -0.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £124,000 is 26.5% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £98,000 in August 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
7 Orchard Grove's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£124,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.5% per year over 16 years.
£98,000
Growth on file: -0.5% per year over 16 years.
Years Held for 7 Orchard Grove lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,531
Street avg £2,013
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 45 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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31 August 2022Most recent
£98,000
-11.3%over 14 years16 May 2008
£110,500
-24.6%over 6 months15 November 2007
£146,500
+36.9%over 1 year5 May 2006
£107,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL2 3EF: £118,000 (2019–1997).
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
DL2 3EA
Spa Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB
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