Highcroft, Preston Old Road, Clifton, Preston, PR4 0YB

Highcroft is a four-bedroom detached house in Clifton, Preston, Preston (PR4 0YB). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include notable views.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £350,000 sits 62.8% above the 2021 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 29.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £215,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.