9 The Open, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4DB

9 The Open is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 46 m² this is the 12th 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 across 29 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 sits 141.7% above the 1998 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 41.3% below the postcode norm.