Flat 2, 178 Worcester Road, Malvern, WR14 1AG

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Malvern (WR14 1AG). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–52 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67).

At 37 m² it's 28.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 is 34.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£218/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £87,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.