3 Hawkshaw Bank Road, Blackburn, BB1 8JS

3 Hawkshaw Bank Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Blackburn (BB1 8JS). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 sits 112.5% above the 2010 sale of £144,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 38.9% below the postcode norm.