12 Elgar Close, Blackburn, BB2 3TE

12 Elgar Close is a detached house in Blackburn (BB2 3TE). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2013. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2004 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £211,000 sits 55.1% above the 2004 sale of £136,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 28.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.