2 Chestnut Gardens, Blackburn, BB1 6PS

2 Chestnut Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 6PS). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1013 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 94 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 is 20.6% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 113.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.