2 School Cottage, Main Road, Hallow, Worcester, WR2 6LD

2 School Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hallow, Worcester, Worcester (WR2 6LD). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very 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 lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since January 1995, a hold of 31 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 £180,000 sits 275% above the 1995 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 52.1% below the postcode norm. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).