31 East View, Preston, PR1 5AS

31 East View is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 5AS). It has a recorded floor area of 248 m² (around 2669 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 248 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 is 13.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 35.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.