48 Brentwood Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3DH

48 Brentwood Avenue is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 3DH). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 82 m² this is the 4th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–155 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 68). The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 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. At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 122.3% above the 1997 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£147/sq ft) was about 55.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.