Apartment 1, 24 Akenside Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 1TN

Apartment 1 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 1TN). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 63 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (63–74 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (47 versus a best of 69). The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 19.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 20.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £167,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.