17 Gordon Square, Whitley Bay, NE26 2NQ

17 Gordon Square is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 2NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £638,000 is 21.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 71% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.