Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Farthing Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Stoulton, Worcester, Worcester (WR7 4RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 2001–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 sits 51.5% above the 2013 sale of £247,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 24.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in April 2013. At 88 m² it's 27.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 9 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
Farthing Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 23 February 2034
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Fuel source changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Wall insulation improved
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Farthing Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 11 years.
£247,500
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 11 years.
15 April 2013Most recent
£247,500
+58.7%over 11 years6 November 2001
£156,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WR7 4RJ: £475,000 (2025–2017).
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Farthing Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,813
Street avg £2,608
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 7.9 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
0.2 km
Hawbridge — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
St Barnabas CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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