1 Laburnum Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5TN

1 Laburnum Gardens is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Low Fell, Gateshead, Gateshead (NE9 5TN). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced Gateshead HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £325,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.