1 Bank Cottage, Burton Road, Lower Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7ED

1 Bank Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Lower Bentham, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 7ED). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since April 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 sits 484% above the 1997 sale of £25,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 77.5% below the postcode norm. At 48 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 4 EPCs).