3 De Lacy Street, Ashton On Ribble, Preston, PR2 2DD

3 De Lacy Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ashton-On-Ribble, Preston, Preston (PR2 2DD). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 81 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 57.8% above the 2007 sale of £73,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 20.2% below the postcode norm.