397 Padiham Road, Burnley, BB12 6SZ

397 Padiham Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Burnley (BB12 6SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a G (score 3), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 133 m² this is the 7th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–319 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (3 versus a best of 84).

It hasn't traded since December 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 133 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (180 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 sits 102.8% above the 1995 sale of £72,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 47% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.