5 Rothesay Road, Blackburn, BB1 2EL

5 Rothesay Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 2EL). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 56 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (56–138 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

At 56 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 sits 145.2% above the 2017 sale of £42,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 18% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in May 2017.