Oak House, Grape Lane, Croston, Leyland, PR26 9HB

Oak House is a four-bedroom detached house in Croston, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9HB). It has a recorded floor area of 304 m² (around 3272 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,589,000 is 25.2% below the 2015 sale of £2,125,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£649/sq ft) was about 148% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 304 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. 11 years since the last transfer (November 2015). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.