Princess Lofts, Apartment 5, 33 Princess Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HD

Princess Lofts is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Wolverhampton (WV1 1HD). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 81 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in Princess Lofts, where floor areas span 46–95 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include notable views and a basement. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 sits 57.7% above the 2001 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£149/sq ft) was about 17.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.