Metropolitan Lofts, Flat P5, Parsons Street, Dudley, DY1 1JE

Metropolitan Lofts is an end-of-terrace house in Dudley (DY1 1JE). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 43 m² this is the 7th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in Metropolitan Lofts, where floor areas span 33–210 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (30 versus a best of 81).

At 43 m² it's 27.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £101,000 is 44.3% above the 2019 sale price. Sold February 2019 for £70,000.