281 Brownhill Drive, BB1 9SB
281 Brownhill Drive is a leasehold flat / maisonette on Brownhill Drive in BB1. It last sold for £60,000 in 2007, its only sale in HM Land Registry's records — 19 years in the same hands, well beyond the typical hold.
What this home is
The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.
EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.
What is it worth now?
An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.
Indicatively £45,000–£75,000 today, projected from its 2007 sale.
From the 2007 sale, the indicative range widens as time passes — the cone is that growing uncertainty, not a forecast.
Across Blackburn with Darwen, the official average home value is £165,813 — +5% in a year, +35% over five.
Covers the whole Blackburn with Darwen area, not this postcode.
A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.
See everything inside
You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.
Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.
Everything on 281 Brownhill Drive, unlocked
The valuation with its comparables, every application and document trail, tenure & title, the ten score workings — the full dossier for this one address.
Instant · one-off for this address · no account needed for the £5 report
Sale history
Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 281 Brownhill Drive, newest first.
4 recorded sales since 2000, up 98% from first to latest.
This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against BB1's yearly median.
What a home of this era typically means
- Usually solid brick walls, so expect the same cold-bridging and insulation challenges as Victorian stock.
- Often more generous rooms, hallways and ceiling heights — comfortable but harder to heat.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
How it compares on Brownhill Drive
Against the 51 homes HM Land Registry and the EPC register know on this street.
Brownhill Drive sold prices & full street profile →
Street medians from recorded sales in the last 8 years and EPC floor areas; a street's unsold homes are invisible to price medians.
Energy & running costs
What 281 Brownhill Drive's Energy Performance Certificates say about efficiency, cost and construction.
Every fabric element as the assessor described it — walls, roof, floor, windows, hot water and heating construction with its efficiency rating — plus glazing detail and itemised running costs.
See everything inside
You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.
EPC data © Crown copyright, from the domestic EPC register. Certificates describe the home as assessed on their date.
The practical file
The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.
Council tax band A (≈£1,637/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.
The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.
See everything inside
You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.
VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.
The neighbourhood
Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Blackburn with Darwen 001C neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.
IMD decile 3/10 — more deprived than most of England; household income about 15% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.
In plain terms: a weaker living environment.
15% below the national average.
The dark tick on each bar marks the England & Wales average.
ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.
The street and the area
Where 281 Brownhill Drive sits in its local market.
281 Brownhill Drive: quick answers
From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.
281 Brownhill Drive last sold for £60,000 on 27 Jul 2007, according to HM Land Registry.
HM Land Registry records 4 sales for 281 Brownhill Drive between 2000 and 2007. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 52 m² of floor area.
281 Brownhill Drive is in council tax band A, costing about £1,637 a year (Blackburn with Darwen UA).
Its most recent EPC rates it D (score 59). Its recommended improvements would take it to C.
Carrying its 2007 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 0% a year across 4 sales suggests roughly £45,000–£75,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.
Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 100% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)
Other homes at BB1 9SB
Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Brownhill Drive.
All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (21)
| Address | Last sold | Price | Sales | Floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 Brownhill Drive | 2012 | £76,000 | 1 | — |
| 211 Brownhill Drive | 2017 | £99,950 | 1 | — |
| 215 Brownhill Drive | 2016 | £105,000 | 1 | 89 m² |
| 221 Brownhill Drive | 2001 | £37,000 | 1 | — |
| 223a Brownhill Drive | 2020 | £42,000 | 1 | 45 m² |
| 225 Brownhill Drive | 2009 | £90,000 | 4 | — |
| 227 Brownhill Drive | 2025 | £185,000 | 2 | — |
| 229 Brownhill Drive | 2023 | £142,000 | 1 | — |
| 231 Brownhill Drive | 2007 | £99,950 | 1 | — |
| 233 Brownhill Drive | 2021 | £133,000 | 5 | 94 m² |
| 239 Brownhill Drive | 2002 | £13,000 | 1 | — |
| 249 Brownhill Drive | 2013 | £58,500 | 1 | 79 m² |
| 251 Brownhill Drive | 2018 | £167,500 | 3 | — |
| 263 Brownhill Drive | 2016 | £92,500 | 1 | 86 m² |
| 265 Brownhill Drive | 2025 | £150,000 | 3 | 106 m² |
| 271 Brownhill Drive | 2020 | £115,000 | 2 | — |
| 275 Brownhill Drive | 2004 | £108,000 | 3 | — |
| 279 Brownhill Drive | 2010 | £79,500 | 1 | — |
| 281a Brownhill Drive | 2007 | £59,000 | 1 | 58 m² |
| 283 Brownhill Drive | 2007 | £119,000 | 3 | 43 m² |
| 283a Brownhill Drive | 2007 | £59,000 | 1 | 68 m² |
- Last sold
- 2012
- Price
- £76,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2017
- Price
- £99,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2016
- Price
- £105,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 89 m²
- Last sold
- 2001
- Price
- £37,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2020
- Price
- £42,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 45 m²
- Last sold
- 2009
- Price
- £90,000
- Sales
- 4
- Last sold
- 2025
- Price
- £185,000
- Sales
- 2
- Last sold
- 2023
- Price
- £142,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2007
- Price
- £99,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2021
- Price
- £133,000
- Sales
- 5
- Floor area
- 94 m²
- Last sold
- 2002
- Price
- £13,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2013
- Price
- £58,500
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 79 m²
- Last sold
- 2018
- Price
- £167,500
- Sales
- 3
- Last sold
- 2016
- Price
- £92,500
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 86 m²
- Last sold
- 2025
- Price
- £150,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 106 m²
- Last sold
- 2020
- Price
- £115,000
- Sales
- 2
- Last sold
- 2004
- Price
- £108,000
- Sales
- 3
- Last sold
- 2010
- Price
- £79,500
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2007
- Price
- £59,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 58 m²
- Last sold
- 2007
- Price
- £119,000
- Sales
- 3
- Floor area
- 43 m²
- Last sold
- 2007
- Price
- £59,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 68 m²
HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.
The full £5 report opens every locked panel in this dossier — a precise comparables-based valuation, the itemised EPC, planning activity, school results and admissions odds, forward-looking flood risk, a negotiation read and a viewing checklist, for this exact home.
Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.