Flat 2, 24 Hill Street, Worcester, WR5 1BQ

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Worcester (WR5 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–49 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 40 m² it's 27.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 52.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £114,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.