7 The Forge, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5GH

7 The Forge is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hempsted, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 5GH). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 44 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (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. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold September 2022 for £195,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£412/sq ft) was about 69.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.