Bracken House, Elwick Road, Hartlepool, TS26 0DL

Bracken House is a three-bedroom detached house in Hartlepool (TS26 0DL). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1726 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2010) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 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. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 139.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.