3 Vicarage Avenue, Brookhouse, Lancaster, LA2 9NT

3 Vicarage Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Brookhouse, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 9NT). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in October 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 is 19.6% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 72% above the typical sold price in the postcode.