185 Accrington Road, Blackburn, BB1 2AQ

185 Accrington Road is a mid-terrace house in Blackburn (BB1 2AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 866.7% above the 1997 sale of £12,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£15/sq ft) was about 44.1% below the postcode norm.