17 Bevan Avenue, Sunderland, SR2 0JN

17 Bevan Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sunderland (SR2 0JN). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 is 42.5% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 23.8% below the postcode norm.