Brentwood End Cottage, Main Street, Lower Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7BY

Brentwood End Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Lower Bentham, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 7BY). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 is 30.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 34.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (November 2017).