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Get started4 Billinge Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Blackburn (BB2 6SB). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 144 m² it's 19% larger than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 6 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A recent planning application at 4 Billinge Close was refused — worth checking the council file.
Change of use from residential dwelling (C3a) to residential childrens home (C2) for a maximum of three children with an unspecified number of carers staying overnight on a rota basis
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£344,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 5 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 5 years.
4 Billinge Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,222
Street avg £2,189
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Billinge Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Use of a C3a dwelling for a childrens/young persons (aged 11-21) home for a maximum of three children, with three carers sleeping overnight, working on a rota basis (C3b)
14 February 2022Most recent
£320,000
+60.0%over 5 years27 January 2017
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB2 6SB: £275,000 (2024–2022).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
BB2 6PX
Closest school
0.3 km
St Silas's CofE Primary School. 40 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB
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