145 London Road, Preston, PR1 4BA

145 London Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 4BA). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–169 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 23 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £110,000 is 18.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 273% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £92,500 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.