Echo Building, Apartment 6, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
About Echo Building
Echo Building is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sunderland (SR1 1XD). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2018) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 61 m² this is the 8th 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 top. Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a corner plot.
Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 sits 58.5% above the 2021 sale of £64,999. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 49.3% below the postcode norm. At 61 m² it's 21.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 90 EPCs). Sold December 2021 for £64,999. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- ParkingAllocated
- Notable viewsYes
- Corner plotYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Cavity wall insulation installed
Planning history
Echo Building has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Echo Building's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£103,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -6.7% per year over 13 years.
£64,999
Growth on file: -6.7% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
7 December 2021Most recent
£64,999
-16.7%over 1 year13 December 2019
£78,000
-50.0%over 10 years12 May 2009
£155,960
Median price across the last 5 sales in SR1 1XD: £30,000 (2025–2025).
Nearby sales in SR1 1XD
Echo Building, Apartment 57, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Jun 2025
£43,000Echo Building, Apartment 85, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Mar 2025
£28,000Echo Building, Apartment 20, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Feb 2025
£30,000Echo Building, Apartment 4, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Feb 2025
£30,000Echo Building, Apartment 22, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD
Sold Jan 2025
£30,000
Versus other West Wear Street homes
Echo Building outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,066
Street avg £1,505
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 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
10/mo
Rising 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
The full 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








