Upper Orchards, Kents Green, Tibberton, Gloucester, GL19 3AJ

Upper Orchards is a detached house in Tibberton, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL19 3AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2024) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in February 2020 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on oil: heating oil.

It hasn't traded since June 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (160 m² across 16 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. Today's modelled estimate of £745,000 sits 473.1% above the 1997 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 73.8% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.