20 Merrybent Drive, Merrybent, Darlington DL2 2JZ

Semi-Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 131 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,211
per year at grade C
£1,024
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £778 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 May 2018£245,000
8 April 2008£249,950

Estimated today: £319,670 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Merrybent Drive: 74 sales since 1995 · £241,638 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mowden Junior SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Mowden Infant SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Hummersknott AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Wyvern AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well below average (2023/24)
Carmel CollegeSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

15.2
crimes a month
152
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012334, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Merrybent Drive

How this home sits against its street.

35
graded homes
77.8
average score
C
most common grade
-0.8
this home vs street
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