132 Shear Brow, Blackburn, BB1 8DZ

132 Shear Brow is an end-of-terrace house in Blackburn (BB1 8DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 sits 296.1% above the 1997 sale of £51,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£23/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm.