56 Valley Drive, Hartlepool, TS26 0AL

56 Valley Drive is a detached house in Hartlepool (TS26 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1298 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 21.7% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 93% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 121 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 13 EPCs).