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Hillcrest, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU

1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
150 m²
1615 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Hillcrest

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • Utility roomYes
  • CloakroomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • GarageDouble
  • LandYes
  • Corner plotYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Hillcrest's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Hillcrest, Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 5RU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Hillcrest has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.

  1. Nov 2004
    ExtensionFull
    In 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
    View planning record

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.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£404,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 3 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£385,000

Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 10 July 2022Most recent

    £385,000

    +26.2%over 2 years
  2. 13 December 2019

    £305,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PR2 5RU: £490,000 (2023–2015).

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On the street

Versus other Fulwood Row homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Years Held for Hillcrest lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,567

Street avg £1,881

Strongly above

Floor Area

150 m²

Street avg 177 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

9.4 t/year

Street avg 10.3 t/year

On par
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

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.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR2 5RU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for PR2 5RU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

59.8dB

Moderate
Night-time road noise heatmap for PR2 5RU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

51.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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