5 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB
About 5 Thornwood Gardens
5 Thornwood Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Gateshead (NE11 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).
At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer was May 2025 at £210,000 — fresh data. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 35.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Thornwood Gardens has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2006ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of conservatory at rear of dwellinghouse.
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/06/01531/FUL
What's in 5 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Thornwood Gardens was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£227,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 29 years.
£210,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 29 years.
Sales timeline
1 May 2025Most recent
£210,000
+452.6%over 29 years5 January 1996
£38,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE11 0DB: £89,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in NE11 0DB
25 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB
Sold Oct 2025
£155,00014 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB
Sold Feb 2023
£85,0009 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB
Sold Apr 2021
£135,75021 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB
Sold Oct 2020
£89,00010 Thornwood Gardens, Gateshead, NE11 0DB
Sold Aug 2020
£70,000
Everything we know about 5 Thornwood Gardens, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Thornwood Gardens homes
5 Thornwood Gardens outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,944
Street avg £1,680
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Beechwood Gardens-Elderwood Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lobley Hill Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.2dB