2 Braides Cottages, Sandside, Cockerham, Lancaster, LA2 0EL

2 Braides Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cockerham, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 0EL). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 177 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (147 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 is 25% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 35.5% below the postcode norm. Sold October 2018 for £299,950.