18 Baker Gardens, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9HA

18 Baker Gardens is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Dunston, Gateshead, Gateshead (NE11 9HA). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 149 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (47–149 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 24 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. Sold June 2022 for £70,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £98,000 is 40% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£44/sq ft) was about 47.5% below the postcode norm.