Sycamore House, Balmoral Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE26 3LU

Sycamore House is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Whitley Bay (NE26 3LU). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1578 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since December 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £518,000 is 43.9% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 66.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.