24 Back Lane, Longton, Preston, PR4 5BD

24 Back Lane is a detached house in Longton, Preston, Preston (PR4 5BD). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 222 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 sits 509% above the 2000 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 77.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2006.