Fern Dene, Gateshead Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5LG

Fern Dene is a semi-detached house in Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE16 5LG). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1068 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² it's 26% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (134 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £217,000 is 24% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 30.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in December 2011, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.