1a, Ivy Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 1DB

1a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE3 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £201,000 is 34% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 83.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in April 2015.