10 Copper Beeches, Meins Road, Blackburn, BB2 6QP

10 Copper Beeches is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Blackburn (BB2 6QP). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. At 96 m² this is the 20th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 59–102 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Across 2002–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £155,000 is 13.9% below the 2008 sale of £180,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in May 2008. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 96 m² it's 26.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 20 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs).