8 Charterhouse Street, Hartlepool, TS25 5RW

8 Charterhouse Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hartlepool (TS25 5RW). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2012); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 46% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £105,000 is 43.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 136% above the typical sold price in the postcode.