17 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS
About 17 Hartley Avenue
17 Hartley Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Whitley Bay (NE26 3NS). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a C (score 71). The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 138 m² it's 29% larger than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 21 EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 58.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £597,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Hartley Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension to back of dining room
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/00173/FULH
What's in 17 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
17 Hartley Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£632,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 25 years.
£597,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
24 October 2022Most recent
£597,000
+86.6%over 6 years19 February 2016
£320,000
+62.0%over 13 years19 November 2002
£197,500
+133.7%over 5 years4 September 1997
£84,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE26 3NS: £575,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in NE26 3NS
3 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS
Sold Jul 2025
£590,00067 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS
Sold Jan 2025
£599,00057 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS
Sold Nov 2024
£517,50055 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS
Sold Jul 2024
£447,60061 Hartley Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NS
Sold Sept 2023
£575,000
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Versus other Hartley Avenue homes
Price per m² for 17 Hartley Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,326
Street avg £3,021
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Front Street - Coronation crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Whitley Bay High School. 23 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB