3 Crane Court, Arboretum Road, Walsall, WS1 2QH

3 Crane Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Walsall (WS1 2QH). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 69 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (43–69 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (47 versus a best of 73). Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 49 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 sits 53.1% above the 2022 sale of £87,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£118/sq ft) was about 22.2% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £87,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.