What type of property is 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF?

65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF is a 1-bedroom mid-terrace house.

What did 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF sell for?

65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF last sold for £78,000 in October 2025. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £104,211 in November 2008. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF changed over time?

Across 3 sales between November 2008 and October 2025, 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF fell from £99,000 to £78,000, a change of £21,000. That works out to roughly -1.4% per year compounded over 17 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF have?

The current EPC rating for 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF is C with a score of 69 out of 100, lodged in June 2020. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF?

65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (495 sq ft), around 46 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 28% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in PR1 2QF. Source: EPC Register.

How is 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF heated?

The latest EPC at 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF?

65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF is in council tax band A. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF located?

65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF sits in Preston. It falls within the PR1 postcode district in Lancashire.

Is 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF in a safe area?

Police records around 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF show an average of 842 reported crimes per month over the last 16 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 32% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is falling (18% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF?

The closest primary school to 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF is St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston (416m), one of 31 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Cardinal Newman College (1.0km), with 12 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What is the nearest station to 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF?

The closest bus stop to 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, PR1 2QF is Ring Way, 179m away. The nearest bus option is Bus Station, 425m away.

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65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, Preston, PR1 2QF

3 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Floor 4th

Bedroom

Bathroom

Floor area

46 m²

495 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 69

Council tax

Band A

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About 65 The Room Apartments

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

65 The Room Apartments is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 2QF). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. At 46 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 78 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 78 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. Main heating runs on electricity.

A recent sale: £78,000 in October 2025. At 46 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 77 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2008–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 is 33.3% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 15.5% below the postcode norm.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms1
Bathrooms1
Open-plan layoutYes

Outside

ParkingYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Current Certificate

Jun 2020

EPC Rating

C69

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

1.8 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 17 June 2030

3 years remaining

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 65 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, Preston, PR1 2QF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

65 The Room Apartments has no planning applications on record.

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9 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

65 The Room Apartments's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£104,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.4% per year over 17 years.

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Last sold (2025)

£78,000

Growth on file: -1.4% per year over 17 years.

Sales timeline

27 October 2025Most recent
£78,000
-25.2%over 16 years
18 November 2008
£104,211
+5.3%
18 November 2008
£99,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 2QF: £82,500 (2025–2024).

Nearby sales in PR1 2QF

On the street

Versus other Lawson Street homes

Four headline reads against 77 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Years Held for 65 The Room Apartments lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,696

Street avg £2,005

Strongly below

Floor Area

46 m²

Street avg 58 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

1.8 t/year

Street avg 2.2 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Ring Way — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston. 43 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR1 2QF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

57.2dB

Moderate

Night-time road noise heatmap for PR1 2QF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

46.8dB

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