72 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2JH

72 Borough Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Middlesbrough (TS1 2JH). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 43 m² this is the 11th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 13–178 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 43 m² the property is well over the postcode median (19 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 31.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 is 29.5% above the 2005 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.