1 Belsay Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE25 8PY

1 Belsay Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Whitley Bay (NE25 8PY). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in February 2002. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £468,000 sits 380% above the 2002 sale of £97,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 67.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.