Hillcrest, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU
About Hillcrest
Hillcrest is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Fulwood, Preston, Preston (PR2 5RU). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 43), 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 oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 64.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 150 m² it's 18.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 10 EPCs). Last sale on file: £385,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Hillcrest's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Hillcrest has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwelling including slight increase to width of garage.
- Reference
- 06/2004/1146
What's in Hillcrest, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£404,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 3 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
10 July 2022Most recent
£385,000
+26.2%over 2 years13 December 2019
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR2 5RU: £490,000 (2023–2015).
Nearby sales in PR2 5RU
1 Clock House Barn, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU
Sold Aug 2023
£490,000Highfield House, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU
Sold Sept 2021
£565,000Sandybrook House, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU
Sold Jan 2017
£467,500Old Cottage, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU
Sold Nov 2015
£288,000Huntcliffe, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU
Sold Dec 2013
£290,000
Everything we know about Hillcrest, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Fulwood Row homes
Years Held for Hillcrest lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,567
Street avg £1,881
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 10.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Squires Wood — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Brookfield Community Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
59.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
51.0dB