3 Mayfield, Catforth Road, Catforth, Preston, PR4 0HH

3 Mayfield is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Catforth, Preston, Preston (PR4 0HH). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 44 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (44–81 m²). Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £82,000. 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. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 is 47.6% above the 2021 sale price.