The Knotts, Blackburn Road, Simonstone, Burnley, BB12 7NQ

The Knotts is a one-bedroom detached house in Simonstone, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (150 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £492,000 sits 392% above the 1999 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 52.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 1991. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.