17 Alexandra Street, Preston, PR1 4BL
About 17 Alexandra Street
17 Alexandra Street is a mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 4BL). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2022 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).
At 91 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 sits 61.3% above the 2022 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 23.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £75,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Fuel source changed
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
1 application on record at 17 Alexandra Street, Preston, PR1 4BL
- Sept 2012SubdivisionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Change of use from dwelling to 3no. self-contained flats, erection of dormer extension and single storey extension to rear
Extension- Reference
- 06/2012/0609
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Sales history & valuation
17 Alexandra Street's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£121,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.5% per year over 15 years.
£75,000
Growth on file: 0.5% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
25 August 2022Most recent
£75,000
+7.1%over 14 years11 October 2007
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 4BL: £93,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in PR1 4BL
Versus other Alexandra Street homes
EPC Rating for 17 Alexandra Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£824
Street avg £1,223
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ashleigh Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lancaster University School of Mathematics. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB






