5 Stoops Hall Yard, High Street, Garstang, Preston, PR3 1EA

5 Stoops Hall Yard is a mid-terrace house in Garstang, Preston, Preston (PR3 1EA). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 32 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (32–48 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (58 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£552/sq ft) was about 286.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.