Loft Shay Farm, Clitheroe Road, Knowle Green, Preston, PR3 2YQ

Loft Shay Farm is a detached house in Knowle Green, Preston, Preston (PR3 2YQ). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 is 30.5% below the 2021 sale of £712,200, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£517/sq ft) was about 120.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 128 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 11 EPCs). Last sale on file: £712,200 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.