3 Berkeley Lodge, Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6AB

3 Berkeley Lodge is a one-bedroom detached house in Cheltenham (GL52 6AB). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 38 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–122 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £147,000 sits 234.1% above the 1999 sale of £44,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 40.5% below the postcode norm. At 38 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 17 EPCs).