Happy Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
About Happy Cottage
Happy Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Salesbury, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).
4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £437,000 is 16.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017. At 152 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (190 m² median across 7 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
Happy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Happy Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at Happy Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
- Jan 2011ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Proposed two-storey side extension.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 21390
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionOct 2021Decision
- ExtensionAug 2014Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£437,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 20 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
15 December 2017Most recent
£375,000
+188.5%over 17 years1 March 2000
£130,000
+36.8%over 2 years16 June 1997
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB1 9EQ: £370,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in BB1 9EQ
Spring Bank Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
Sold Feb 2022
£370,000Sycamore Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
Sold Jun 2021
£375,000The Homestead, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
Sold Dec 2017
£16,000Lovely Hall, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
Sold Jul 2017
£1,300,000Chestnut Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ
Sold Oct 2014
£415,000
Versus other Lovely Hall Lane homes
Happy Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£2,467
Street avg £1,679
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 185 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Lovely Hall Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Salesbury Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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