5 Town Head Lane, Town Head, Austwick, Lancaster, LA2 8BS

5 Town Head Lane is a semi-detached house in Austwick, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 8BS). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £278,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 is 14.7% above the 2021 sale price.