Coombe Cottage, Higham Dykes, Milbourne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE20 0DH

Coombe Cottage is a semi-detached house in Milbourne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE20 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 125 m² it sits well below the postcode median (223 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: June 2019 at £410,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £557,000 is 35.9% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 124.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.