4 Beacon Street, Gateshead, NE9 5XN

4 Beacon Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gateshead (NE9 5XN). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Gateshead HPI: 5.3% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 61.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. A recent sale: £360,000 in June 2025. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.