Apartment 5, 81 Jesmond Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1NH

Apartment 5 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 1NH). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). At 56 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–163 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 7 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 is 14.5% below the 2005 sale of £210,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 31% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since June 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 56 m² it's 24.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 21 EPCs).