1 Brickhouse Gardens is a semi-detached house in Chipping, Preston, Preston (PR3 2QG). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 is 23.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 22% below the postcode norm. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jan 2025
1 Brickhouse Gardens has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 23 years.
£280,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 23 years.
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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
45.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
11 March 2021Most recent
£280,000
+154.5%over 23 years28 November 1997
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2QG: £295,000 (2025–2016).
6 Brickhouse Gardens Garstang Road Chipping Preston
Sold Mar 2025
7 Brickhouse Gardens Garstang Road Chipping Preston
Sold Jan 2025
2 Brickhouse Gardens Garstang Road Chipping Preston
Sold Feb 2021
3 Brickhouse Gardens Garstang Road Chipping Preston
Sold Apr 2020
5 Brickhouse Gardens Garstang Road Chipping Preston
Sold Sept 2000

PR3 2QU
Brabins School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB