41a, Holly Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1EB

41a is a three-bedroom detached house in Whitley Bay (NE26 1EB). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 85 m² this is the 10th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–216 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 29 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 40% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£175/sq ft) was about 34.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 28 EPCs).