17 The Forge, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5GH

17 The Forge is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hempsted, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 5GH). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. At 51 m² this is the 4th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–142 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 38 units on file. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 42.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 37 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £190,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.