1 The Barracks, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4HR

1 The Barracks is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Parkend, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4HR). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 sits 51.5% above the 2014 sale of £349,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 19.9% below the postcode norm. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.