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

3 Nook Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Clifton, Preston, Preston (PR4 0ZA). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since January 1999 — that's 27 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. Today's modelled estimate of £293,000 sits 334.1% above the 1999 sale of £67,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 68.4% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 120 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 24 EPCs).