3 Loweswater Drive, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2RG

3 Loweswater Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Lower Gornal, Dudley, Dudley (DY3 2RG). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 is 14.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 79.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £257,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.