Folly Cottage, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ

Folly Cottage is a detached house in Parkend, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 sits 86% above the 2021 sale of £250,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £250,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.