Hazel Cottage, Cripple Gate Lane, Hoghton, Preston, PR5 0RR

Hazel Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Hoghton, Preston, Preston (PR5 0RR). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since May 1997 — that's 29 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. At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 sits 383.3% above the 1997 sale of £90,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.