1 Old Forge Cottage, Stoke Road, Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, GL52 7RY

1 Old Forge Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL52 7RY). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 110), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.

At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 is 10.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 81.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.