The Ferns, Flat 4, 30 Church Road, St Marks, Cheltenham, GL51 7AN

The Ferns is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in St. Marks, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL51 7AN). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in The Ferns, where floor areas span 35–71 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £130,000 in May 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 is 14.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 23.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.