18 Beardsworth Street, Blackburn, BB1 5PL

18 Beardsworth Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Blackburn (BB1 5PL). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2026) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 69 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 53 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 is 39.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 61.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £97,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.