Echo Building, Apartment 5, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD

Echo Building is an end-of-terrace house in Sunderland (SR1 1XD). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. At 70 m² this is the 22nd 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, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 88). The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 is 40% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 35.4% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017.