1a, Bideford Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE26 1QW

1a is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 1QW). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £382,000 in July 2023. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2006–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.