1 Aldgrove Way, Darlington, DL3 0GR

1 Aldgrove Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Darlington (DL3 0GR). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since August 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2012. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £258,000 is 22.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£168/sq ft) was about 19.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.