4 Gowan Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 2PS

4 Gowan Terrace is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 2PS). It has a recorded floor area of 278 m² (around 2992 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since September 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 278 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £883,000 sits 94.9% above the 2002 sale of £453,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 43.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.