4 Highbury Gate, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZG

4 Highbury Gate is a five-bedroom detached house in Elswick, Preston, Preston (PR4 3ZG). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 sits 766% above the 1998 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£24/sq ft) was about 81.6% below the postcode norm. At 192 m² it sits well below the postcode median (286 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.