26 Longridge Road, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QD

26 Longridge Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Chipping, Preston, Preston (PR3 2QD). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £460,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 1999. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 144 m² it's 26.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 18 EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 50.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.