Flat 30, 38 Low Friar Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 5UF

Flat 30 is an end-of-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 5UF). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1121 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. At 104 m² this is the 30th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–112 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since February 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 sits 140% above the 2006 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 70.2% below the postcode norm.