Arboretum Mews, Flat 1, 24 Southfield Street, Worcester, WR1 1NH

Arboretum Mews is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Worcester (WR1 1NH). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 52 m² this is the 10th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in Arboretum Mews, where floor areas span 35–646 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 52 m² it's 26.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 55 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 62.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.