2 Gable Cottages, Church Road, Crowle, Worcester, WR7 4AT

2 Gable Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Crowle, Worcester, Worcester (WR7 4AT). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in August 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 sits 159% above the 2000 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£137/sq ft) was about 39.3% below the postcode norm. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.