3 Boswell Court, Howsell Road, Malvern, WR14 1TF

3 Boswell Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Malvern (WR14 1TF). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 51 m² this is the 4th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–98 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 51 m² it's 21.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 is 15.4% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 53.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.