1 Gowan Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 2PS

1 Gowan Terrace is an end-of-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 2PS). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 25 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Last sale on file: £450,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.