Flat 1, 16 St Michaels Square, Gloucester, GL1 1HX

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gloucester (GL1 1HX). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1997–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 24.7% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 35.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 32 EPCs).