25 Braintree Gardens, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3DL

25 Braintree Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE3 3DL). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The home occupies a corner plot.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 13 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 21.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 50.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.