Imperial House, Flat 1, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2QJ

Imperial House is a two-bedroom property in Cheltenham (GL50 2QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 943 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 88 m² this is the 4th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Imperial House, where floor areas span 31–131 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Most recent transfer: August 2018 at £415,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 88 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £488,000 is 17.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.