3 The Cage, Market Square, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8BL

3 The Cage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Tenbury Wells (WR15 8BL). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. At 87 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–205 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (58 versus a worst of 30). The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 1998, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 190.9% above the 1998 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 28.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2019. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 87 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 12 EPCs).