Halas House, Flat 10, Holywell Road, Malvern, WR14 4LE

Halas House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Malvern (WR14 4LE). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2014); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 4th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in Halas House, where floor areas span 56–65 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (34 versus a best of 74).

At 57 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 8 years since the last transfer (March 2018). Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 is 31.1% above the 2018 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.