Flat 3, 24 Hill Street, Worcester, WR5 1BQ

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Worcester (WR5 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 46 m² this is the 3rd 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. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 46 m² it's 16.4% 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 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 is 11.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 22.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £105,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.