Brookfield Farm, Lancaster Road, Forton, Preston, PR3 0BP

Brookfield Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Forton, Preston, Preston (PR3 0BP). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on lpg.

Held since October 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 sits 88.8% above the 2002 sale of £303,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.