Echo Building, Apartment 16, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
About Echo Building
Echo Building is an end-of-terrace house in Sunderland (SR1 1XD). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 59 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 89 units on EPC record in Echo Building, where floor areas span 48–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 89 units on file. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 59 m² it's 24.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 90 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 209.3% above the 2022 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 69.4% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £37,500 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Echo Building sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 October 2027
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Planning history
Echo Building has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Echo Building's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£116,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -7.9% per year over 15 years.
£37,500
Growth on file: -7.9% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
15 September 2022Most recent
£37,500
-27.9%over 1 year1 March 2021
£52,000
8 December 2017
£52,000
-60.6%over 10 years25 June 2007
£132,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SR1 1XD: £42,000 (2026–2025).
Nearby sales in SR1 1XD
Echo Building, Apartment 81, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Apr 2026
£34,213Echo Building, Apartment 46, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Feb 2026
£42,000Echo Building, Apartment 57, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Jun 2025
£43,000Echo Building, Apartment 83, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Apr 2025
£75,000Echo Building, Apartment 60, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Apr 2025
£32,000
Versus other West Wear Street homes
Floor Area for Echo Building lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£636
Street avg £1,413
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 2.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
198/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Sunderland City Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Dame Dorothy Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.7dB







