5 Briar Hill Close, Blackburn, BB1 1YL
About 5 Briar Hill Close
5 Briar Hill Close is a semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 1YL). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a G (score 2), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (44 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 134.5% above the 2004 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 156.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
5 Briar Hill Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Sept 2022
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 25 September 2022
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Planning history
5 Briar Hill Close has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
5 Briar Hill Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£129,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£55,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 November 2004Most recent
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB1 1YL: £70,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in BB1 1YL
Versus other Briar Hill Close homes
5 Briar Hill Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,115
Street avg £1,245
Floor Area
26 m²
Street avg 58 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
462/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chester Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School. 45 schools nearby.
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