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.

It hasn't traded since March 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. 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. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,111,000 sits 70.9% above the 2006 sale of £650,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£564/sq ft) was about 106.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.