8 Marlborough House, Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3AH

8 Marlborough House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 3AH). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2024) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. At 56 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–120 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 57).

At 56 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 36 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2012–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 sits 55.6% above the 2017 sale of £117,000. 9 years since the last transfer (July 2017).