1 Springfield Cottages, Birdlip, Gloucester, GL4 8JH

1 Springfield Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Birdlip, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 8JH). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.

Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £347,500. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 66 m² it's 19.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 45 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 18.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£489/sq ft) was about 70.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.