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

38 Branch Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Mellor Brook, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB2 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2021, sale prices here grew 0.2% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 45.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.