2-bedroom Hartlepool home could be yours for just £5,000

The mid-terrace home, at 5 Cornwall Street, is described as “requiring upgrading” by auction house Taylor James Auctions.

There is a reception room, kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor, with two bedrooms upstairs and a rear yard outside.

The property has a guide price of £5,000-plus – according to the latest UK House Price Index, the average price of a property in England is £269,150, while in Hartlepool it is £108,756.

The house is one of nearly 40 lots at the Taylor James Auctions’ property sale on Thursday, February 25.

Also going under the hammer with a guide price of £5,000-plus is 15 Ninth Street, Blackhall Colliery, a two-bedroom, mid-terrace house which Taylor James says “requires updating”.

It boasts a reception room and kitchen on the ground floor, with the bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, as well as rear yard outside.

Russell Taylor, Taylor James director and auctioneer, said: “Having been involved in the auction industry for nearly two decades, I have always found the most attractive thing about purchasing at auction is the speed and certainty.

“I receive so many calls from buyers frustrated at purchases which have fallen apart on the open market after spending time and money trying to buy a property.

“At auction, this does not happen, as if you are the highest bidder you have bought a property with immediate exchange and completion within a month.

“There is no messing about or pulling out, which means you can have the peace of mind that you have successfully purchased a new property.”

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