49 Dryden Court, Dryden Road, Gateshead, NE9 5BY

49 Dryden Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gateshead (NE9 5BY). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 44 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–98 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 45 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have lagged Gateshead HPI: -1.9% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 222.9% above the 2025 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 41.9% below the postcode norm. A recent sale: £35,000 in November 2025. At 44 m² it's 15.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 49 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.