The Retreat, Back Lane, Preesall, Poulton Le Fylde, FY6 0NG

The Retreat is a detached house in Preesall, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Poulton Le Fylde (FY6 0NG). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £453,000 is 23.3% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.