17 Garlands Road, Alvington, Lydney, GL15 6BB

17 Garlands Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Alvington, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6BB). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Across 2002–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £206,000 sits 87.3% above the 2012 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 36.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in November 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.