Chapel Cottage, Middle Road, Wildmoor, Bromsgrove, B61 0BS

Chapel Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in Wildmoor, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 35.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 is 45.6% below the 2023 sale of £730,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,541/sq ft) was about 725.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (170 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold February 2023 for £730,000.