2 Bar Cottage, Whalley Road, Simonstone, Burnley, BB12 7HS

2 Bar Cottage is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Simonstone, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7HS). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Burnley HPI: 7.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 is 30.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 194% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in January 2015. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.