2 Hillcroft North, Station Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 6HD

2 Hillcroft North is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Low Fell, Gateshead, Gateshead (NE9 6HD). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 62 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–70 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (68 versus a worst of 62). Other recorded features include a basement. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Held since March 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 sits 175.4% above the 2001 sale of £57,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 50.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.