Thornbank Cottage, Grundys Lane, Malvern, WR14 4HS

Thornbank Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Malvern (WR14 4HS). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 109 m² it's 19.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £577,000 is 49.9% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 83% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.