20 Bittern Close, Hull, HU4 6SQ

20 Bittern Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hull (HU4 6SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 620 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 58 m² it's 17.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 12% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 46.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.