78 Forsyth Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3EU

78 Forsyth Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 3EU). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since June 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 350.7% above the 1995 sale of £71,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£56/sq ft) was about 79.8% below the postcode norm.