24 Valley Drive, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5DH

24 Valley Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Low Fell, Gateshead, Gateshead (NE9 5DH). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1158 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Sale prices here have outpaced Gateshead HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 is 11.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 44.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in December 2017, so it's been off the market for around 8 years.