Hopeshill, Mount Pleasant, Tebay, Penrith, CA10 3TH

Hopeshill is an end-of-terrace house in Tebay, Penrith, Penrith (CA10 3TH). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in June 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 354.5% above the 2000 sale of £33,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£26/sq ft) was about 77.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.