Hope Cottage, Holywell Road, Malvern, WR14 4LF

Hope Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Malvern (WR14 4LF). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump.

At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2010. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £374,000 is 29% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£528/sq ft) was about 185.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in June 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.