8 Borage Close, Abbeymead, Gloucester, GL4 5WH

8 Borage Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Abbeymead, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 5WH). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 sits 127.9% above the 2003 sale of £219,000.