Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Mill Cottage, Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Estimated value
£469,000
- Since the 2021 sale (£384,000)+22%
- Against PR3 2QE's recent median (£139,950)+235%
Newest record on this page: January 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
131 m²
1410 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 38
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About this valuation
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Our estimate
£469,000
- Against its 2021 sale (£384,000)+22%
- Against PR3 2QE's recent median (£139,950)+235%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for Mill Cottage is modelled from its 131 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in PR3 2QE. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
131 m² from the EPC lodged in November 2020
Sales of this home
1 sale recorded, the latest in 2021
Recent sales in PR3 2QE
5 sales, median £139,950 (2025–2021)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: January 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | None on this home | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Sales timeline
18 March 2021Most recent
£384,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2QE: £139,950 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in PR3 2QE
7 Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Sold Jan 2025
£335,00016 Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Sold May 2024
£140,00012 Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Sold Dec 2022
£139,9506 Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Sold May 2022
£123,000Glenbrook, Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Sold Dec 2021
£6,500
What this page doesn't show
1 potential issue has already been flagged for Mill Cottage, Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
- Larger development activity nearbyIn report
- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About Mill Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Mill Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chipping, Preston, Preston (PR3 2QE). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £469,000 is 22.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £384,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Mill Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate
Nov 2020EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F38
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
10.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 29 November 2030
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Mill Cottage, Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Mill Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Versus other Talbot Street homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
CO₂ Emissions for Mill Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,931
Street avg £2,305
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.1 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
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.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
221/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sun Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Brabins Endowed School. 2 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- Brabins Endowed SchoolPrimary174m
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, ChippingPrimary275m
Nearest stops
- Sun InnBus stop69m
- Church RaikeBus stop78m
- St Marys RCPSBus stop131m
- Brabins SchoolBus stop151m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences1,091 reports38%
- Anti-social Behaviour786 reports27%
- Criminal Damage & Arson208 reports7%
- Other Theft189 reports7%
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR3 2QE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC FPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gas
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for Mill Cottage is modelled from its 131 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in PR3 2QE. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 1 sale is recorded for Mill Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Mill Cottage was lodged in November 2020 at band F and is valid until November 2030. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to Mill Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 2 schools and 8 stops listed are measured in a straight line from PR3 2QE, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
- Council tax band
- Mill Cottage is in council tax band F. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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