Hermanus is a four-bedroom detached house in Longridge, Preston, Preston (PR3 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £477,000 is 19.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 83.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 122 m² it's 22.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (157 m² median across 13 EPCs). Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
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Removal of condition no.3 attached to planning permission 06/1976/0634 (the occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly employed or last employed in agriculture)
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£477,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 4 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 4 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
On price per m², Hermanus stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,279
Street avg £2,027
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
22 April 2021Most recent
£400,000
+40.4%over 4 years15 December 2016
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2AB: £328,000 (2024–2021).
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Sold Jul 2023
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Sold May 2023
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Sold Sept 2021
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Sold Feb 2021

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
PR3 2BN
ALDI — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB