3 Byron Street, Hartlepool, TS26 8LF

3 Byron Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hartlepool (TS26 8LF). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft.

Held since May 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £106,000 sits 631% above the 2000 sale of £14,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£19/sq ft) was about 60.8% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).