Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get started38 James Street, Newcastle, ST5 0BX
About 38 James Street
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
38 James Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle (ST5 0BX). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 is 27.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 69.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: December 2020 at £102,500.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.9 t/year
Occupancy
—
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£131,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 3 years.
Last sold (2020)
£102,500
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other James Street homes
Four headline reads against 29 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 38 James Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,444
Street avg £1,040
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Newcastle district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Marsh Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ST5 0BX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 60 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 38 James Street, Newcastle, ST5 0BX. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.