8 Nicholas Avenue, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7DB
About 8 Nicholas Avenue
8 Nicholas Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Whitburn, Sunderland, Sunderland (SR6 7DB). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (162 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £706,000 is 25% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 25% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £565,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
8 Nicholas Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Part demolition of garage and construction of single storey side extension to form new garage, utility and boot room
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- ST/0257/21/HFUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Nicholas Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£706,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£565,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 February 2021Most recent
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SR6 7DB: £335,000 (2021–2006).
Nearby sales in SR6 7DB
7 Nicholas Avenue, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7DB
Sold Aug 2021
£535,0009 Nicholas Avenue, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7DB
Sold Nov 2013
£335,00012 Nicholas Avenue, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7DB
Sold Nov 2009
£440,0002 Nicholas Avenue, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7DB
Sold Feb 2006
£330,00012a, Nicholas Avenue, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7DB
Sold Jan 2004
£325,000
Everything we know about 8 Nicholas Avenue, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Nicholas Avenue homes
8 Nicholas Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,522
Street avg £2,068
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
East Street-Nicholas Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Whitburn Church of England Academy. 8 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB