84a, Ayresome Grange Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4DX

84a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Middlesbrough (TS5 4DX). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2006 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £100,000 sits 61.3% above the 2006 sale of £62,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 46.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.