8 Columbine Close, Marton In Cleveland, Middlesbrough, TS7 8SQ

8 Columbine Close is an end-of-terrace house in Marton-In-Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough (TS7 8SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 32 m² this is the 4th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–71 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (39 m² median across 36 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £105,000 sits 110% above the 2021 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £50,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.