1 West View, Gainford, Darlington, DL2 3EQ

1 West View is an end-of-terrace house in Gainford, Darlington, Darlington (DL2 3EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since February 2009. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 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 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £284,000 sits 147% above the 1997 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 19.3% below the postcode norm.