12 Chester Mews, Sunderland, SR4 7HX

12 Chester Mews is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sunderland (SR4 7HX). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The home occupies a corner plot.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (49 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £98,000 is 25.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 125.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.