2 Blackburn Road, Ribchester, Preston, PR3 3YP

2 Blackburn Road is a semi-detached house in Ribchester, Preston, Preston (PR3 3YP). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 82.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2012. Sold June 2021 for £370,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.