41 Lancaster Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8LR

41 Lancaster Road is a mid-terrace house in Hartlepool (TS24 8LR). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.

At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 23 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. Most recent transfer was September 2025 at £140,000 — fresh data. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2026. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 23.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.