The Close, 324 London Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL52 6YJ

The Close is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL52 6YJ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £598,000 sits 117.5% above the 2021 sale of £275,000. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £275,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.