Forge Cottage, Bull Lane, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5HY

Forge Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL54 5HY). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2014. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £370,000 is 32.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 16.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.