22 The Open, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4DB

22 The Open is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2024) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 58 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £145,000. At 58 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 28 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 16.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.