8 Elm Close, Prestbury, Cheltenham, GL52 3ED

8 Elm Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Prestbury, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL52 3ED). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 113 m² it's 21.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £595,000 is 21.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 38.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £490,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.