42 Forest Road, Sunderland, SR4 0DX
About 42 Forest Road
42 Forest Road is a detached house in Sunderland (SR4 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft). The latest certificate (June 2018) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).
At 91 m² it's 28.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 19 EPCs). Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 is 38.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 20.9% below the postcode norm. Sold November 2021 for £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
42 Forest Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£173,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -3.7% per year over 3 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: -3.7% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
29 November 2021Most recent
£125,000
-12.0%over 3 years28 June 2018
£141,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SR4 0DX: £140,000 (2025–2024).
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Versus other Forest Road homes
On price per m², 42 Forest Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,374
Street avg £1,867
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 83 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 1.8 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 6 years
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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
0.2 km
Fordfield Road-Havelock School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Highfield Academy. 33 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB