Flat A, 12 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, SR1 1SJ

Flat A is a semi-detached house in Sunderland (SR1 1SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft). The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (May 2016); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £370,000 is 20% below the 2004 sale of £462,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in August 2004. At 59 m² the property is well over the postcode median (25 m² across 47 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.