Provosts House, Broomfield, Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 6PS

Provosts House is a detached house in Blackburn (BB2 6PS). It has a recorded floor area of 228 m² (around 2454 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 4-band jump.

At 228 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 10 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. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 is 20.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 94.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in March 2016.