3 New Row Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Knowle Green, Preston, Preston (PR3 2YS). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since February 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 10.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 is 20.7% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 35% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: change of use to residential refused in 2014.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Proposed change of use of garage/home office to residential dwelling
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£268,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.8% per year over 11 years.
£222,000
Growth on file: 10.8% per year over 11 years.
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3 New Row Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,364
Street avg £2,547
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
12 February 2007Most recent
£222,000
+212.7%over 11 years20 December 1995
£71,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2YS: £390,000 (2025–2019).
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Sold Nov 2020
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Sold Mar 2018
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Sold Feb 2015

CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
PR3 2FG
Moor Nook — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB