3 West View, Cottons Bridge, Preston On The Hill, Warrington, WA4 4AX

3 West View is a semi-detached house in Preston On The Hill, Warrington, Warrington (WA4 4AX). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 4 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. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 sits 101.3% above the 2012 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 18.8% below the postcode norm. 14 years since the last transfer (October 2012).