20 Bairstow Street, Preston, PR1 3TN

20 Bairstow Street is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 3TN). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 13% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 13.2% below the 2025 sale of £365,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 34.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 79 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. A recent sale: £365,000 in May 2025. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2017. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.