17 Rectory Close, Croston, Leyland, PR26 9SH

17 Rectory Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Croston, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9SH). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 114 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 25 EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £417,000 is 19.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 74.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £350,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.