7 Clare Avenue, Darlington, DL3 8SJ
About 7 Clare Avenue
7 Clare Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Darlington (DL3 8SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a G (score 6), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 41), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 91 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 is 19.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 35.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
7 Clare Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
7 Clare Avenue has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£298,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 2022Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL3 8SJ: £260,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in DL3 8SJ
Versus other Clare Avenue homes
Price per m² for 7 Clare Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,747
Street avg £1,935
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Swaledale Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Carmel College. 20 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB







