The Bar, Apartment 209, St James Gate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4BA

The Bar is a mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 4BA). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since December 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). Main heating runs on electricity. At 55 m² this is the 9th smallest of 74 units on EPC record in The Bar, where floor areas span 44–111 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 74 units on file.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 sits 72% above the 2022 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 25.6% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 73 EPCs). Sold November 2022 for £100,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.