13 Gervase Drive, Dudley, DY1 4AU

13 Gervase Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Dudley (DY1 4AU). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 195 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 16 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. Across 1995–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 sits 100.7% above the 2011 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 57.7% below the postcode norm.