105 Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 6BJ

105 Preston New Road is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Blackburn (BB2 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 244 m² (around 2626 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 4 certificates since December 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 244 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 sits 79.2% above the 2009 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 38% below the postcode norm.