21 Leicester Road, Preston, PR1 1PP

21 Leicester Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 1PP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–135 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 16 units on file. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 is 37.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 95.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.