10 Birch View, Greystones Drive, Darlington, DL3 9TN

10 Birch View is an end-of-terrace house in Darlington (DL3 9TN). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. At 113 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (53–113 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (73 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 24.2% below the postcode norm. Sold July 2022 for £149,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.