Throstle Nest, Saccary Lane, Mellor, Blackburn, BB1 9DW

Throstle Nest is a six-bedroom detached house in Mellor, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9DW). It has a recorded floor area of 434 m² (around 4672 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in January 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 434 m² the property is well over the postcode median (236 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,054,000 is 21.1% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 22.5% below the postcode norm.