41a, Roxburgh Terrace, Whitley Bay, NE26 1DR

41a is a two-bedroom detached house in Whitley Bay (NE26 1DR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 752 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 70 m² this is the 4th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 65–228 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (74 versus a worst of 40). The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £135,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £164,000 is 21.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 46.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.