The Cottage, Lower Road, St Briavels, Lydney, GL15 6SA

The Cottage is a detached house in St. Briavels, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6SA). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since January 1995 — that's 31 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. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 sits 993% above the 1995 sale of £43,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£27/sq ft) was about 89% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.