5 Gladstone Road, Ware, SG12 0AG

5 Gladstone Road is an end-of-terrace house in Ware (SG12 0AG). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since June 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 13.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £348,000 sits 50.3% above the 2003 sale of £231,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£538/sq ft) was about 88.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.