1 Barker Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EW

1 Barker Road is an end-of-terrace house in Middlesbrough (TS5 5EW). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in February 1997. 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 £174,000 sits 190.2% above the 1997 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 32.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 97 m² it's 23.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 22 EPCs).