Mardens Cottage, Staites Orchard, Upton St Leonards, Gloucester, GL4 8BG

Mardens Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Upton St. Leonards, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 8BG). It has a recorded floor area of 345 m² (around 3708 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 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 345 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £853,000 sits 55.1% above the 2009 sale of £550,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 25.2% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.