Crofters, Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, Gloucester, GL2 7BP

Crofters is a detached house in Slimbridge, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2012 onwards. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on lpg.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £598,000 sits 327.1% above the 1998 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 68% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.