Smith Cottage Barn, Two Mile Lane, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8DW

Smith Cottage Barn is a three-bedroom detached house in Highnam, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 8DW). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2006–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 76.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £711,000 sits 84.7% above the 2007 sale of £385,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 47.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs).