14 Water Croft, Long Meadow, Worcester, WR4 0HR

14 Water Croft is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Long Meadow, Worcester, Worcester (WR4 0HR). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in May 2002. Across 1995–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 96.2% above the 2002 sale of £65,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.