16 Burholme Close, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6HQ

16 Burholme Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ribbleton, Preston, Preston (PR2 6HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 102 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 37 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 sits 62.2% above the 2005 sale of £82,000.