8 Rectory Gardens, Cockerham, Lancaster, LA2 0ED

8 Rectory Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Cockerham, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 0ED). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil.

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £262,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 is 19.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 32.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.