Tide Race, Holyhead Road, Bangor, LL57 2HX

Tide Race is a detached house in Bangor (LL57 2HX). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 714 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in July 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 is 16.7% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 151.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.