Jep Cottage, Stocks Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5LT

Jep Cottage is a detached house in Heskin, Chorley, Chorley (PR7 5LT). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 145 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £600,000 is 20% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 50.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.