8 Dorset Road, Preston, PR1 6LD

8 Dorset Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 6LD). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in May 2006. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 34.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 sits 56.1% above the 2006 sale of £77,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.