8 Ashworth Grove, Preston, PR1 4PB

8 Ashworth Grove is a detached house in Preston (PR1 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £344,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.