Flat 4, 9 Montpellier Parade, Cheltenham, GL50 1UA

Flat 4 is a two-bedroom detached house in Cheltenham (GL50 1UA). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 60 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–96 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 13 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. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in April 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 is 21.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 56.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.