Flat 1, 2 Worcester Road, Malvern, WR14 4QW

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Malvern (WR14 4QW). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 109 m² this is the 6th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 80–140 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).

At 109 m² it's 29.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £266,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 27.3% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.