18 Dereham Close, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, NE26 4BT

18 Dereham Close is a semi-detached house in Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay (NE26 4BT). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2019. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £252,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £309,000 is 22.6% above the 2021 sale price.