87 Bankhead Lane, Hoghton, Preston, PR5 0AB

87 Bankhead Lane is a seven-bedroom detached house in Hoghton, Preston, Preston (PR5 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 402 m² (around 4327 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since May 2018. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

At 402 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 20.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £800,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.