Holkers Cottage, Whins Lane, Read, Burnley, BB12 7RB

Holkers Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Read, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7RB). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (231 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 is 43.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 19.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.