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About 56 Folkestone Street
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
56 Folkestone Street is an end-of-terrace house in Hull (HU5 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
At 72 m² it's 22% larger than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 sits 72.7% above the 2021 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 50.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £66,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
56 Folkestone Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£114,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£66,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Folkestone Street homes
Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 56 Folkestone Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£917
Street avg £891
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Hull district page.
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Melwood Grove — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HU5 1BJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 71 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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