31 Barnacre Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Longridge, Preston, Preston (PR3 2PD). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 62.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £282,000 in September 2024. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
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31 Barnacre Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Apr 2026
Render external wall (front) with antique white K-Render, in place of existing red brick.
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Latest sale on 31 Barnacre Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£297,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 22 years.
£282,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 22 years.
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On price per m², 31 Barnacre Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,241
Street avg £2,102
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Cavity wall insulation installed
27 September 2024Most recent
£282,000
+43.1%over 5 years20 December 2018
£197,000
+79.1%over 16 years2 August 2002
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2PD: £220,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
PR3 2AF
Sainsburys — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Barnacre Road Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB