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

Sycamore Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Salesbury, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 122 m² it sits well below the postcode median (190 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold June 2021 for £375,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 259.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.