8 Phoenix Apartments, Queen Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3UG

8 Phoenix Apartments is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 3UG). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer was June 2025 at £350,000 — fresh data. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 34.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.