3 Castle Farm Cottages, Castle Farm Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3RH

3 Castle Farm Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE2 3RH). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in June 2011. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (413 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2000–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 is 26.3% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 32.3% below the postcode norm.