38a, Montpellier Spa Road, Cheltenham, GL50 1UL

38a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cheltenham (GL50 1UL). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on electricity. At 64 m² this is the 33rd smallest of 100 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–320 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 100 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in October 1995. 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 £301,000 sits 254.1% above the 1995 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 47.8% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).