16 Laburnum Road, Blackburn, BB1 5PY

16 Laburnum Road is a semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 5PY). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since March 2015. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in November 1996. At 105 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 39 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–1996, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 sits 317.6% above the 1996 sale of £34,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 60.1% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.