1 Maple Villas, Broadclose Road, Down Hatherley, Gloucester, GL2 9PZ

1 Maple Villas is a semi-detached house in Down Hatherley, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL2 9PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 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 111 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £405,000 sits 345.1% above the 1998 sale of £91,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 61.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.