78 Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0UR

78 Cop Lane is a semi-detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0UR). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since May 2015. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £392,000 sits 308.3% above the 1997 sale of £96,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 63.3% below the postcode norm.