196 Prestbury Road, Cheltenham, GL52 3ER

196 Prestbury Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cheltenham (GL52 3ER). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Held since February 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 sits 390% above the 1998 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 62.6% below the postcode norm. At 75 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 19 EPCs).