5 Adelaide Terrace, Blackburn, BB2 6ET

5 Adelaide Terrace is an end-of-terrace house in Blackburn (BB2 6ET). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump.

Held since August 2008 — that's 18 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. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 18% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £184,000 is 11.5% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 96.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 117 m² it sits well below the postcode median (177 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2000.