The Old Courthouse, Flat 7, 3 Priory Street, Dudley, DY1 1EP

The Old Courthouse is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Dudley (DY1 1EP). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 74 m² this is the 12th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in The Old Courthouse, where floor areas span 34–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (24 versus a best of 72).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 39% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 28.8% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £100,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.