Balmoral, Apartment 3, 1 Victoria Road, Malvern, WR14 2TD

Balmoral is a three-bedroom detached house in Malvern (WR14 2TD). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 90 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Balmoral (90–96 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 90 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 31.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £293,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.