8 Coastal Drive, Hest Bank, Lancaster, LA2 6HH

8 Coastal Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Hest Bank, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 6HH). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. Other recorded features include notable views, a conservatory and a self-contained annexe. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (136 m² across 4 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 20.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £655,000.