Flat 1, 26 Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2AB

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cheltenham (GL52 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 32 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (32–58 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 7 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 58 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 106% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £157,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.