Longfield, Whittingham Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2AB

Longfield is a three-bedroom detached house in Longridge, Preston, Preston (PR3 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 114 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (157 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, new windows and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 is 26.1% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £207,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.