Sierra Lea, Pystol Lane, St Briavels, Lydney, GL15 6TE

Sierra Lea is a detached house in St. Briavels, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6TE). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2025. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 35.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 54.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.