16 Birch Avenue, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0LZ

16 Birch Avenue is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Galgate, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 0LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 90 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £186,000 is 16.3% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £160,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.