5 Birchwood Drive, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9UJ

5 Birchwood Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Fulwood, Preston, Preston (PR2 9UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 107 m² it's 17.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 13 EPCs). Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £273,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.