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

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Cheltenham (GL52 2BE). It has a recorded floor area of 22 m² (around 237 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 22 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (22–100 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (December 2023) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 22 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 48 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 is 31.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£350/sq ft) was about 74.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £83,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.