6 Derwent Road, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, NE26 4JH

6 Derwent Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay (NE26 4JH). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 sits 54.9% above the 2010 sale of £175,000. At 78 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs).