Burrow Cottage, Burrow Heights Lane, Lancaster, LA2 0PG

Burrow Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Lancaster (LA2 0PG). It has a recorded floor area of 335 m² (around 3606 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 335 m² the property is well over the postcode median (184 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 31.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £950,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.