2 Chester Terrace, Sunderland, SR1 3SJ

2 Chester Terrace is a mid-terrace house in Sunderland (SR1 3SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in December 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 40.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £132,500 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.