18 Claremont Villas, Trinity Road, Darlington, DL3 7AW

18 Claremont Villas is a mid-terrace house in Darlington (DL3 7AW). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 566 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2009) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since December 2008. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 53 m² this is the 4th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–83 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (85 versus a worst of 61).

Today's modelled estimate of £126,000 is 13.1% below the 2010 sale of £145,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 29.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since March 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 53 m² it's 24.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 19 EPCs).