8 Murray Street, Preston, PR1 7HY
About 8 Murray Street
8 Murray Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 7HY). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 is 35.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 57.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
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Energy performance
8 Murray Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 8 Murray Street, Preston, PR1 7HY
- Aug 2022HMOFullOutcome in report
Change of use from residential (Class C3) to a 4 bed house in multiple occupancy (Class C4 )
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/2022/0733
- More recent applications — locked
- AmendmentAug 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£156,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£115,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 2022Most recent
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 7HY: £72,000 (2024–2021).
Versus other Murray Street homes
8 Murray Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,620
Street avg £1,107
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Harcourt Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston. 44 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.0dB