17 Bittern Close, Gateshead, NE11 9FF

17 Bittern Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Gateshead (NE11 9FF). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2022) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 52 m² this is the 6th smallest of 58 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–101 m². The building's EPC ratings span D 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.

Today's modelled estimate of £107,000 is 14.4% below the 2005 sale of £125,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 29.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since September 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 52 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 57 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.