5 The Orchard, Croston, Leyland, PR26 9HS

5 The Orchard is a two-bedroom detached house in Croston, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9HS). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £282,000 is 34.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 74.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.