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Get startedHoulkers Farm is a semi-detached house in Read, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7RB). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal.
Today's modelled estimate of £245,000 is 51% below the 2024 sale of £500,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 41.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 150 m² it sits well below the postcode median (233 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £500,000 in November 2024.
Houlkers Farm sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
£245,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On years held, Houlkers Farm runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,333
Street avg £2,752
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 216 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Straits Lane — bus stop.
8 November 2024Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB12 7RB: £570,000 (2023–2016).
CO₂ Emissions
51.0 t/year
Street avg 10.1 t/year
BB12 7AA
Closest school
0.5 km
Read St John's CofE Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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