5 Benson Street, BB1 5PP
5 Benson Street is a freehold terraced house on Benson Street in BB1. It last sold for £55,000 in 2013 — its 4th recorded sale, up 323% on its first recorded sale of £13,000 in 1997.
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 £132,000–£204,000 today, projected from its 2013 sale.
From the 2013 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.
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Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.
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Sale history
Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 5 Benson Street, newest first.
4 recorded sales since 1997, up 323% 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 Benson Street
Against the 9 homes HM Land Registry and the EPC register know on this street.
Benson Street 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 5 Benson Street'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.
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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.
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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 003E neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.
IMD decile 2/10 — among the more deprived areas in England; household income about 29% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.
In plain terms: crime score well, but a weaker living environment.
29% 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 5 Benson Street sits in its local market.
5 Benson Street: quick answers
From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.
5 Benson Street last sold for £55,000 on 23 Sept 2013, according to HM Land Registry.
HM Land Registry records 4 sales for 5 Benson Street between 1997 and 2013. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 69 m² of floor area.
5 Benson Street is in council tax band A, costing about £1,637 a year (Blackburn with Darwen UA).
Its most recent EPC rates it C (score 71).
Carrying its 2013 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 9% a year across 4 sales suggests roughly £132,000–£204,000 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 5PP
Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Benson Street.
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.