9 Benton Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7PQ

9 Benton Road is a semi-detached house in Middlesbrough (TS5 7PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 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. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £188,000 sits 216% above the 1997 sale of £59,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 70.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.