31 Colenso Road, Blackburn, BB1 8DR

31 Colenso Road is a semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 8DR). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £238,000 sits 138% above the 2004 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 33.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.