3 The Chare, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4DD

3 The Chare is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 4DD). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 27 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (27–86 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (46 m² across 46 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 108.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.