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Get started1 Drake Close is an end-of-terrace house in South Shields (NE33 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 25 m² (around 269 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 25 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (25–99 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 29 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
It hasn't traded since June 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 391.3% above the 2003 sale of £23,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 25.4% below the postcode norm. At 25 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Drake Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2003).
£113,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£23,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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1 Drake Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£920
Street avg £1,210
Floor Area
25 m²
Street avg 35 m²
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
South Eldon Street-Drake Close — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.0dB

27 June 2003Most recent
£23,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE33 5DE: £120,000 (2025–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Closest school
0.6 km
Laygate Community School. 34 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB