12 Beech Road, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6QQ

12 Beech Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Halton, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 6QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 is 39.4% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 22.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.