17 Highbridge, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 2HA

17 Highbridge is a two-bedroom detached house in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE3 2HA). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. At 57 m² this is the 5th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top.

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 57 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 40 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 32.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.