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About Boughfields Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Boughfields Cottage is a semi-detached house in Balderstone, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB2 7LW). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (252 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate(1 of 3)
May 2019
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.1 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Boughfields Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£226,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other Bowfields Lane homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for Boughfields Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 388 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Common Lane — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BB2 7LW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 33 points of interest in total.
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