Acorn Cottage, High Green, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, TS9 6BJ

Acorn Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough (TS9 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in March 1998. 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 £252,000 sits 165.3% above the 1998 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 42.5% below the postcode norm. At 79 m² it's 26.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 10 EPCs).