Swallow Shore Farm, Burnley Road East, Rossendale, BB4 9NH

Swallow Shore Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Rossendale (BB4 9NH). It has a recorded floor area of 354 m² (around 3810 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced Rossendale HPI: 3.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £614,000 is 20.4% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 37.8% below the postcode norm. At 354 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, a porch and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in May 2017.