198 Blackburn Road, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 5HW

198 Blackburn Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Haslingden, Rossendale, Rossendale (BB4 5HW). It has a recorded floor area of 329 m² (around 3541 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views and a basement.

It hasn't traded since July 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 329 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 sits 205.9% above the 1996 sale of £69,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£20/sq ft) was about 72.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.