42 Chester Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1AU
About 42 Chester Street
42 Chester Street is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2014. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 is 49% above the 2003 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 97.9% 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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
42 Chester Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
42 Chester Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
42 Chester Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1995.
£143,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.5% per year over 8 years.
£96,000
Growth on file: 11.5% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
5 June 2003Most recent
£96,000
+83.8%over 3 years10 December 1999
£52,225
+25.8%over 4 years28 September 1995
£41,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE2 1AU: £277,500 (2023–2012).
Nearby sales in NE2 1AU
56 Chester Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1AU
Sold Oct 2023
£277,50058 Chester Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1AU
Sold Oct 2023
£277,50052 Chester Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1AU
Sold Jul 2023
£300,00046 Chester Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1AU
Sold May 2018
£247,10062 Chester Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1AU
Sold Feb 2012
£110,000
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Shield Street-Social Club — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Christ Church CofE Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
59.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.2dB