74 Friar Road, Sunderland, SR4 0BN
About 74 Friar Road
74 Friar Road is a semi-detached house in Sunderland (SR4 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 89 m² it's 22.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 143.8% above the 2006 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 51.2% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
74 Friar Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
74 Friar Road has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
74 Friar Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£117,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£48,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 November 2006Most recent
£48,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SR4 0BN: £82,000 (2025–2006).
Versus other Friar Road homes
74 Friar Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£539
Street avg £1,384
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Fordfield Road-Havelock School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Highfield Academy. 34 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB







