Chestnut Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ

Chestnut Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Salesbury, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (152 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £608,000 is 46.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 34.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.