The Lodge, Flat 4, High Street, St Briavels, Lydney, GL15 6TB

The Lodge is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in St. Briavels, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6TB). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 41 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in The Lodge, where floor areas span 25–139 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (56 versus a worst of 30). The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2015. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 13.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 80.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £130,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.