6 Ambleside Close, Walton Le Dale, Preston, PR5 4RS

6 Ambleside Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, Preston (PR5 4RS). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since December 2006 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 sits 92.3% above the 2006 sale of £155,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 39.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.