8 Crofts Drive, Grimsargh, Preston, PR2 5LW

8 Crofts Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Grimsargh, Preston, Preston (PR2 5LW). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands 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 B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in November 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 156 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (187 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2005–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £456,000 is 27.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.