6 Longcroft, Barton, Preston, PR3 5AL

6 Longcroft is a two-bedroom detached house in Barton, Preston, Preston (PR3 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since April 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £325,000 sits 306.3% above the 1997 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 61.9% below the postcode norm.