25 The Cross Way, Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 4SR

25 The Cross Way is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE3 4SR). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1343 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since February 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 125 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 sits 55.9% above the 2006 sale of £145,000.