Flat 2, 196 Whessoe Road, Darlington, DL3 0QZ

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Darlington (DL3 0QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 78 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (70–78 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 sits 108.6% above the 2022 sale of £58,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 43.8% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £58,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.