5 Orchard Meadows, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3EY

5 Orchard Meadows is a three-bedroom detached house in Elswick, Preston, Preston (PR4 3EY). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2026) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (January 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 130 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (160 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 33.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £340,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.