Engine Meadow, The Croft, Bursnips Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, WV11 2RE

Engine Meadow is a detached house in Essington, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (WV11 2RE). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

It hasn't traded since July 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 255 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 25 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. Today's modelled estimate of £675,000 sits 101.5% above the 2005 sale of £335,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 20.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2004. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.