Violet Cottage, Lockhill, Upper Sapey, Worcester, WR6 6XR

Violet Cottage is a detached house in Upper Sapey, Worcester, Worcester (WR6 6XR). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Sold December 2021 for £675,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: a porch approved in 2009. Past consents include a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £751,000 is 11.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£468/sq ft) was about 136.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.