7 Essex Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4PS

7 Essex Street is a mid-terrace house in Middlesbrough (TS1 4PS). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

At 61 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 39 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £108,000 sits 109.7% above the 2022 sale of £51,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 43.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £51,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.