1 Arcot Drive, Whitley Bay, NE25 9ED

1 Arcot Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Whitley Bay (NE25 9ED). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £600,000 is 20.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 15.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £497,450 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.