8 Shields Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 0BS

8 Shields Terrace is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hartlepool (TS24 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £108,000 is 27.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 130.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.