9 Chester Close, Ponteland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE20 9AG

9 Chester Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Ponteland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE20 9AG). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (172 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 is 21.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 85.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £380,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.