15 Barbel Crescent, Worcester, WR5 3QU

15 Barbel Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Worcester (WR5 3QU). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since November 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 95 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 sits 51.6% above the 2009 sale of £246,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 124.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.