8 Beardwood Brow, Blackburn, BB2 7AX
About 8 Beardwood Brow
8 Beardwood Brow is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackburn (BB2 7AX). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £125,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £164,000 is 31.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
8 Beardwood Brow's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Beardwood Brow has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
8 Beardwood Brow has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£164,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 22 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
12 May 2022Most recent
£125,000
+2.5%over 8 years16 April 2014
£122,000
-6.2%over 6 years23 November 2007
£130,000
+26.2%over 2 years28 January 2005
£103,000
+102.0%over 4 years28 September 2000
£51,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB2 7AX: £151,000 (2023–2007).
Nearby sales in BB2 7AX
Versus other Beardwood Brow homes
8 Beardwood Brow outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,786
Street avg £1,316
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dog Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn. 36 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







