The Beeches, Roseacre Road, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3UD

The Beeches is a five-bedroom detached house in Elswick, Preston, Preston (PR4 3UD). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil.

At 255 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, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £775,000 is 12.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 74.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £690,000 in December 2019.