Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedFirst Floor Flat, 243 Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6XD
About First Floor Flat
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
First Floor Flat is a semi-detached house in Preston (PR1 6XD). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 122.9% above the 2006 sale of £52,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 47% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
First Floor Flat's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.0 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£117,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2006)
£52,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Preston district page.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Park Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR1 6XD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 75 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about First Floor Flat, 243 Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6XD. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.