Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
April Cottage, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB
Last sold (2004)
£208,000
We only model an estimate once an EPC gives us the home's size and spec. The full report sets it against recent comparable sales.
- PR4 3ZB recent median£495,000
Newest record on this page: December 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Council tax
Band E
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Floor area
No EPC on record
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2004
Recent sales in PR4 3ZB
5 sales, median £495,000 (2025–2021)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: December 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Not available | 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.
April Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
Sales timeline
10 December 2004Most recent
£208,000
+35.9%over 10 months19 February 2004
£153,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR4 3ZB: £495,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in PR4 3ZB
Welshes Cottage, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB
Sold Dec 2025
£340,000Wilsons Farm House, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB
Sold Dec 2024
£535,000New Forest Farm, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB
Sold Jul 2024
£495,000Manor House, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB
Sold Nov 2021
£550,000Lunendales Cottage, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB
Sold Aug 2021
£220,000
What this page doesn't show
1 potential issue has already been flagged for April Cottage, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
- Recent ownership pattern worth a lookIn 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 April Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
April Cottage is a property in Elswick, Preston, Preston (PR4 3ZB). It has council tax band E.
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in December 2004. Across 2004–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 35.9% per year.
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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.
No EPC on record
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against April Cottage, High Street, Elswick, Preston, PR4 3ZB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
April Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
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
259/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ship Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Great Eccleston Copp CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- Great Eccleston Copp CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.1km
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great EcclestonPrimary1.9km
Nearest stops
- Ship HotelBus stop110m
- Ship InnBus stop112m
- Chestnut DriveBus stop164m
- Boot and ShoeBus stop188m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences1,562 reports38%
- Anti-social Behaviour1,325 reports32%
- Criminal Damage & Arson355 reports9%
- Other Theft219 reports5%
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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 PR4 3ZB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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- How the estimate is made
- We don't publish an estimate for April Cottage because there is no EPC to tell the model the home's size and specification. The full report sets its records against recent comparable sales in PR4 3ZB.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for April Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- There is no Energy Performance Certificate on the public register for April Cottage. A valid EPC is needed to sell or let a home in England and Wales, and lasts 10 years.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to April 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 16 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 2 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from PR4 3ZB, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
- Council tax band
- April Cottage is in council tax band E. 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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