8 Ripon Street, Preston, PR1 7UL

8 Ripon Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 7UL). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 5.8% per year against 0.3% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 is 11.5% below the 2025 sale of £165,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 60.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. A recent sale: £165,000 in August 2025.