Old Common, Roseacre Road, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3UD

Old Common is a five-bedroom detached house in Elswick, Preston, Preston (PR4 3UD). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 128.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £590,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.