16 Dorchester Drive, Hartlepool, TS24 9QY

16 Dorchester Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hartlepool (TS24 9QY). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 15.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it's 18.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 18 EPCs). Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £140,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.