20 Highgate, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0HY

20 Highgate is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0HY). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 42% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.