6 East View, Preston, PR1 5AS

6 East View is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 5AS). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2820 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony and a basement.

At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 is 27.7% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 33.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.