Fairbanks, Oakley Road, Battledown, Cheltenham, GL52 6PA

Fairbanks is a five-bedroom detached house in Battledown, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL52 6PA). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2245 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,069,000 sits 52.7% above the 2010 sale of £700,000. At 209 m² it sits well below the postcode median (353 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.