2a, Marlborough Avenue, Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3JS

2a is a five-bedroom detached house in Hull (HU5 3JS). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

It hasn't traded since September 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £273,000 sits 279.2% above the 1996 sale of £72,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 49.7% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.