4 Penshaw Close, Blackburn, BB1 8RD

4 Penshaw Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB1 8RD). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2008 — that's 18 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 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 is 43% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 49.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.