7 Holly Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1EB

7 Holly Avenue is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 1EB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 53 m² this is the 3rd 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, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (80 versus a worst of 40). The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since June 2018. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good.

Held since June 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 sits 58.3% above the 2002 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 55.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2007. Past consents include subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.