7 Claremont Cottages, Bilston Street, Dudley, DY3 1JB

7 Claremont Cottages is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Dudley (DY3 1JB). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £155,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £135,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.