Moorlands Farm, Winder Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AX

Moorlands Farm is a five-bedroom detached house in Forton, Preston, Preston (PR3 0AX). It has a recorded floor area of 287 m² (around 3089 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings, attached land beyond the plot and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in September 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 287 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £737,000 sits 601.9% above the 1995 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 84.7% below the postcode norm.