9 Barbel Crescent, Worcester, WR5 3QU

9 Barbel Crescent is a detached house in Worcester (WR5 3QU). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 sits 88.6% above the 2003 sale of £158,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 66.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.