Apartment 1, 3 Cambray Place, Cheltenham, GL50 1JS

Apartment 1 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cheltenham (GL50 1JS). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (53–69 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (58 versus a best of 71). The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 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. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 sits 452% above the 1997 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 64.8% below the postcode norm. At 53 m² it's 15.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 49 EPCs).