3 North Bank, Otterburn Villas, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3AR

3 North Bank is a semi-detached house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 3AR). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 90 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (90–135 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 4 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 is 24.7% below the 2022 sale of £300,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.