Flat 8, 24 Beaconsfield Street, Hartlepool, TS24 0NX

Flat 8 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hartlepool (TS24 0NX). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 49 m² this is the 4th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 8 units on file.

Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 sits 221.9% above the 2021 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 23.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (182 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £32,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.