Sellrain House, Moor Court, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7JU

Sellrain House is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Whitburn, Sunderland, Sunderland (SR6 7JU). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 226 m² the property is well over the postcode median (153 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £635,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2006–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 19.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.