1 Hill Crest, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8LS

1 Hill Crest is a detached house in Highnam, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 8LS). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 99 m² it's 17.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £353,000 sits 104.6% above the 2009 sale of £172,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 26.6% below the postcode norm.