14 The Hidage, Littleworth, Worcester, WR5 2QG

14 The Hidage is a semi-detached house in Littleworth, Worcester, Worcester (WR5 2QG). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in December 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £255,000 sits 405% above the 1997 sale of £50,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 75.8% below the postcode norm.