55 Irving Place, Blackburn, BB2 6LR

55 Irving Place is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Blackburn (BB2 6LR). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2022); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 38 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 is 17.8% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 41.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2023 at £185,000.