3 Willow Park, Banks Lane, Carlisle, CA1 2UB

3 Willow Park is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Carlisle (CA1 2UB). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since January 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 is 14.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 24.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.