1 Rose Cottage, Longsight Road, Clayton Le Dale, Blackburn, BB1 9EX

1 Rose Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Clayton Le Dale, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2025); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £403,000 is 46.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£482/sq ft) was about 185.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.