8 Capulet Terrace, Sunderland, SR2 8JL

8 Capulet Terrace is a mid-terrace house in Sunderland (SR2 8JL). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 54 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 sits 62.7% above the 2007 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 111.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.