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Get started97 Mill Dam is a detached house in South Shields (NE33 1EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 287 m² (around 3089 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for HMO conversion is awaiting a decision. At 287 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £492,000 sits 156.3% above the 2025 sale of £192,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 29.5% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer was January 2025 at £192,000 — fresh data.
97 Mill Dam's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
An application for HMO conversion is currently awaiting a decision.
Change of use from Guest House (C1) to 14 bed HMO (Sui Generis) and erection of bin and cycle store.
Latest sale on 97 Mill Dam was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£492,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -3.1% per year over 18 years.
£192,000
Growth on file: -3.1% per year over 18 years.
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7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Commercial Road-Holborn House — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Proposed change of use from dwelling house (class C3) to a B & B guest house (class C1) with 5 no car parking bays including 1no disabled bay, cycle storage, new entrance gate/boundary and landscaping.
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21 January 2025Most recent
£192,000
-43.5%over 17 years9 March 2007
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE33 1EQ: £124,950 (2020–2018).
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NE33 1BE
Closest school
0.6 km
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields. 28 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB