5 Dunnock Lane, Cottam, Preston, PR4 0NX

5 Dunnock Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cottam, Preston, Preston (PR4 0NX). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Last sale on file: £123,500 in March 2021. 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. At 52 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 43 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 29.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.