Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Gladstone Cottages, Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ
EPC B3 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
72 m²
775 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 82
About 2 Gladstone Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
2 Gladstone Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kempsey, Worcester, Worcester (WR5 3JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft). The latest certificate (July 2016) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95). The latest certificate is from July 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 90 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 75.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £296,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
2 Gladstone Cottages ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jul 2026
Current Certificate
Jul 2016EPC Rating
A
B
B82
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.3 t/year
Occupancy
—
Certificate validity
Expired on 17 July 2026
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 2 Gladstone Cottages, Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
2 Gladstone Cottages has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
2 Gladstone Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£310,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 8 years.
Last sold (2022)
£296,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
5 May 2022Most recent
£296,000
+18.4%over 4 years27 July 2017
£250,000
+56.3%over 2 years23 October 2014
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WR5 3JZ: £500,000 (2026–2024).
Nearby sales in WR5 3JZ
7 Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ
Sold Apr 2026
£460,0002a, Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ
Sold Jan 2026
£705,00023 Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ
Sold Aug 2025
£495,000Treetops, Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ
Sold Feb 2025
£730,00017 Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JZ
Sold Oct 2024
£500,000
Versus other Old Road North homes
Four headline reads against 42 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 2 Gladstone Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,111
Street avg £2,765
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 134 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.3 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 8 years
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
208/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Brookend Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Kempsey Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WR5 3JZ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB
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