17 Fairfield Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3BY

17 Fairfield Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 3BY). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). At 65 m² this is the 16th smallest of 77 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 55–210 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 77 units on file.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £216,000 sits 215.3% above the 1999 sale of £68,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 40.8% below the postcode norm.