1 Inglewood Drive, Newcastle, ST5 0DY

1 Inglewood Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Newcastle (ST5 0DY). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–218 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 15 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 47.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 246.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in June 2014.