161 Great Preston Road, Ryde, PO33 1AZ
About 161 Great Preston Road
161 Great Preston Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ryde (PO33 1AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 104 m² it's 17.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 14 EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £303,000 is 16.5% above the 2022 sale price. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
161 Great Preston Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2025ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Lawful Development Certificate for demolition of conservatory; proposed replacement single storey extension (revised plan)
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00515/CLPUD
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 161 Great Preston Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£303,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 23 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
2 March 2022Most recent
£260,000
+40.5%over 4 years26 October 2017
£185,000
+227.4%over 18 years17 June 1999
£56,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO33 1AZ: £265,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in PO33 1AZ
Versus other Great Preston Road homes
On years held, 161 Great Preston Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,500
Street avg £2,761
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Preston Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, Ryde. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







