9 Hope Street, Blackburn, BB2 1DY

9 Hope Street is an end-of-terrace house in Blackburn (BB2 1DY). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in July 2010. Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 sits 101% above the 2010 sale of £62,200. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£107/sq ft) was about 74.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).