18 Cheviot View, Whitley Bay, NE26 2BE

18 Cheviot View is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 2BE). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2022) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–134 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (82 versus a worst of 34).

Held since January 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 20.4% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£218/sq ft) was about 24.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.