1 Acorn Close, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0UQ

1 Acorn Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0UQ). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2016) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2004–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 is 37.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 15.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (August 2016).