Shard Cottage, Elmore, Gloucester, GL2 3NT

Shard Cottage is a detached house in Elmore, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 3NT). It has a recorded floor area of 265 m² (around 2852 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 5 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

At 265 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £856,000 sits 54.2% above the 2014 sale of £555,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£195/sq ft) was about 30.3% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in December 2014. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.