7 Delamere Close, Blackburn, BB2 2QJ

7 Delamere Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB2 2QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2015) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 86 m² it's 26.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 is 16% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 32.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.