17 Broad Oak Avenue, Garstang, Preston, PR3 1QQ

17 Broad Oak Avenue is a semi-detached house in Garstang, Preston, Preston (PR3 1QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 554 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 is 33.5% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 45% above the typical sold price in the postcode.