32 Longridge Road, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QD

32 Longridge Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Chipping, Preston, Preston (PR3 2QD). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and a conservatory. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 98 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £432,000 is 12.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 85.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £382,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.