13 Burns Close, Hart, Hartlepool, TS27 3AT

13 Burns Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hart, Hartlepool, Hartlepool (TS27 3AT). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 is 12.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 91.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £147,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.