2 Nook Cottage, Preston Old Road, Clifton, Preston, PR4 0ZA

2 Nook Cottage is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Clifton, Preston, Preston (PR4 0ZA). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 sits 70.8% above the 2012 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 30.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in May 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.