11 Rockcliffe Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 2NN

11 Rockcliffe Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 2NN). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 84 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–146 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to A, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (37 versus a best of 102).

It hasn't traded since October 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 84 m² it's 26.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 sits 71.4% above the 2003 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 15.2% below the postcode norm.