8 Lily Crescent, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 2SP

8 Lily Crescent is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 2SP). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 52 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (52–228 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since December 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in October 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 103.2% above the 1997 sale of £93,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 19.5% below the postcode norm. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (154 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2013. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.