1 Alexandra Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DW

1 Alexandra Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB2 6DW). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 63 m² this is the 4th smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–270 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since November 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 44 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 £125,000 sits 205.3% above the 1998 sale of £40,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm.