12 Bywell Road, Sunderland, SR6 7QT

12 Bywell Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sunderland (SR6 7QT). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 sits 375.7% above the 1998 sale of £74,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 79.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.