1a, Bedwardine Road, Worcester, WR2 4HZ

1a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Worcester (WR2 4HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 65.7% above the 2005 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 34.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (65 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.