Cross Bow Cottage, Old Greaves Town Lane, Lea, Preston, PR2 1PF

Cross Bow Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lea, Preston, Preston (PR2 1PF). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 71 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 50% above the 2018 sale of £100,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £100,000 in October 2018.