Flat 1, 592 Burnley Road, Rossendale, BB4 8AJ

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rossendale (BB4 8AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (53–194 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (67 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Sale prices here have outpaced Rossendale HPI: 1.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 is 23.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 68.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold December 2022 for £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.