10 Buckingham Drive, Read, Burnley, BB12 7QE

10 Buckingham Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Read, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7QE). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2009–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £468,000 sits 56% above the 2017 sale of £300,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (December 2017).