4 Balshaw Terrace, Marsden Street, Kirkham, Preston, PR4 2TD

4 Balshaw Terrace is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kirkham, Preston, Preston (PR4 2TD). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 is 33.7% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 150.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.