3 Withernsea Grove, Sunderland, SR2 0BU

3 Withernsea Grove is a three-bedroom detached house in Sunderland (SR2 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in July 2001. At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £190,000 sits 126.2% above the 2001 sale of £84,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 35.4% below the postcode norm.