1 Chestnut Cottage, Cold Aston, Cheltenham, GL54 3BJ
About 1 Chestnut Cottage
1 Chestnut Cottage is a semi-detached house in Cold Aston, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL54 3BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£665/sq ft) was about 139% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² it's 26.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 10 EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £608,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Chestnut Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Chestnut Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£658,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 25 years.
£608,500
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
1 November 2021Most recent
£608,500
+836.2%over 25 years20 June 1996
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL54 3BJ: £1,550,000 (2022–2019).
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Sold Dec 2020
£500,0003 Aston Grove, Cold Aston, Cheltenham, GL54 3BJ
Sold Aug 2019
£610,000Fieldways, Cold Aston, Cheltenham, GL54 3BJ
Sold Aug 2019
£1,600,000
Everything we know about 1 Chestnut Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
1 Chestnut Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,159
Street avg £3,772
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Plough Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cold Aston Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB