3 Chaffinch Close, Hartlepool, TS26 0SG

3 Chaffinch Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hartlepool (TS26 0SG). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 is 20.3% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 37.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.