1 Fern Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JA

1 Fern Avenue is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 2JA). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 78 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (78–174 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 is 36.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 99.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.