Sumners Farm, Cow Hill, Haighton, Preston, PR2 5SH

Sumners Farm is a detached house in Haighton, Preston, Preston (PR2 5SH). It has a recorded floor area of 268 m² (around 2885 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

17 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an annexe, partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 268 m² it's 17.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (228 m² median across 15 EPCs). Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 is 18.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 18.7% below the postcode norm. Sold August 2021 for £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.