4 The Oaks West, Sunderland, SR2 8HZ

4 The Oaks West is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sunderland (SR2 8HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 285 m² (around 3068 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 285 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 22.8% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.