Pool Cottage, Meadow Green, Whitbourne, Worcester, WR6 5RN

Pool Cottage is a detached house in Whitbourne, Worcester, Worcester (WR6 5RN). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 107), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since December 2006, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 46.2% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 70.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.