2 Fir Tree Cottage, High Street, Bream, Lydney, GL15 6JS

2 Fir Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bream, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6JS). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since July 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 sits 192.5% above the 2001 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 44.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).