Fern Cottage, North Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AY

Fern Cottage is a detached house in Bretherton, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9AY). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £845,000 sits 1590% above the 2022 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£27/sq ft) was about 87.7% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 169 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 20 EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £50,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.