4a, Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, BB1 8NN

4a is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 8NN). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 sits 51.4% above the 2007 sale of £185,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.