3 Clitheroes Lane, Freckleton, Preston, PR4 1SD

3 Clitheroes Lane is a semi-detached house in Freckleton, Preston, Preston (PR4 1SD). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 sits 223.5% above the 2001 sale of £51,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 47.8% below the postcode norm.