Basement Flat 1, 19 Pittville Lawn, Cheltenham, GL52 2BE

Basement Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Cheltenham (GL52 2BE). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since April 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 sits 97.9% above the 2002 sale of £93,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 17% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.