Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Whispering Oak is a three-bedroom detached house in Dormston, Worcester, Worcester (WR7 4JU). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 131 m² it sits well below the postcode median (227 m² across 4 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £735,000 is 24.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 64.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £590,000 in August 2018.
Whispering Oak sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 31 August 2027
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Whispering Oak has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at Whispering Oak, Church Lane, Dormston, Worcester, WR7 4JU
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION.
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£735,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£590,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
21 August 2018Most recent
£590,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WR7 4JU: £695,000 (2025–2011).
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On price per m², Whispering Oak stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,504
Street avg £3,121
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 245 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
14/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.7 km
Red Hart — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Flyford Flavell Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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