9 Orkney Drive, Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0TE

9 Orkney Drive is a semi-detached house in Ryhope, Sunderland, Sunderland (SR2 0TE). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 734 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 sits 202% above the 1999 sale of £49,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm. At 68 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 7 EPCs).