Oaktree Cottage, Forest Road, Bream, Lydney, GL15 6LX

Oaktree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Bream, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6LX). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since May 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £626,000 sits 108.7% above the 2006 sale of £300,000.