38 Carlbury Crescent, Darlington, DL3 9QL

38 Carlbury Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Darlington (DL3 9QL). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 120 m² it's 21.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 10 EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 17.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 53.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £310,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.