Serendipity, Bailey Hill, Yorkley, Lydney, GL15 4RS

Serendipity is a detached house in Yorkley, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4RS). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2013) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 10 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. Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 sits 345.9% above the 1996 sale of £115,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 57.1% below the postcode norm.