1 Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, DL3 7HE

1 Cleveland Avenue is a seven-bedroom detached house in Darlington (DL3 7HE). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Held since February 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 240 m² the property is well over the postcode median (165 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1997–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at -5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £430,000 sits 266% above the 2002 sale of £117,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 63% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.