5 King Street, Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7HG

5 King Street is a detached house in Bentham, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 7HG). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 sits 149.3% above the 2015 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 44.5% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.