5 Beech Grove, Whitley Bay, NE26 3PJ

5 Beech Grove is an end-of-terrace house in Whitley Bay (NE26 3PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2019); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in March 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 sits 469.7% above the 1999 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 70% below the postcode norm.