Flat 6, 56 London Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6EQ

Flat 6 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Cheltenham (GL52 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 514 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 48 m² this is the 11th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–52 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (37 versus a best of 65).

Held since January 2004 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 48 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (38 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 is 32.1% above the 2004 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£209/sq ft) was about 20.6% below the postcode norm.