2 Branch Road, Mellor Brook, Blackburn, BB2 7NU

2 Branch Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Mellor Brook, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB2 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2000 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 26.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £362,000 sits 141.3% above the 2000 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 44.6% below the postcode norm. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.