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About Rope Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Rope Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Blackburn (BB2 1QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 11 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. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 113.3% above the 2006 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 235.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Rope Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Apr 2021
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Rope Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£128,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2006)
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Cheetham Street homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Rope Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,198
Street avg £700
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Blackburn district page.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Lancaster Street — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BB2 1QQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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