Flat 3, 178 Worcester Road, Malvern, WR14 1AG

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Malvern (WR14 1AG). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–52 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 73). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61).

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (52 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £100,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £123,000 is 23% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 41.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.