14 Gorse Road, Blackburn, BB2 6LY

14 Gorse Road is a semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB2 6LY). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£147/sq ft) was about 48.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 168 m² it's 17.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (203 m² median across 19 EPCs). Last sale on file: £265,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.