The Bar, Apartment 703, St James Gate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4BB

The Bar is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 4BB). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2023) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2013 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 54 m² this is the 10th smallest of 64 units on EPC record in The Bar, where floor areas span 42–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 54 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 63 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at -7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 is 27.4% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 31.9% below the postcode norm. 12 years since the last transfer (December 2013).