8 Cottingvale, Morpeth, NE61 1DW

8 Cottingvale is a five-bedroom detached house in Morpeth (NE61 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 241 m² (around 2590 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since April 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 is 32.5% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 23.4% below the postcode norm. At 241 m² the property is well over the postcode median (182 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.