45 Bittern Close, Gateshead, NE11 9FF

45 Bittern Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gateshead (NE11 9FF). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 584 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 54 m² this is the 9th 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 bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (63 versus a best of 85). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 54 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 57 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2005–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 is 45.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 25.8% below the postcode norm. On the market in February 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.