A mid-terraced house has sold for a bargain price of £65,000 because it used to be a cannabis factory.

The four-bedroom property in Blackburn, Lancashire, may look unassuming from the outside, but inside the house bears the scars of its difficult past.

The lounge has been pictured in a complete mess with a hole in the ceiling and clothes thrown on top of bin bags.

The kitchen has also been left in a state, with draws missing, pots and plates thrown on the floor and messy worktops.

The wallpaper in the kitchen is peeling, with smoke stains on the cupboards and boxes and clothes stacked across the floor.

It is a similar story in the bathroom, where the wallpaper is peeling, tiles are missing and mould can be seen around the bath. 

One of the bedrooms is full of masonry, while another has a huge ventilation shaft in the ceiling.

There are also fans and plant pots among the items on the ground.

A blue FlexiTank water storage unit is in the corner of the room as well as cables and plastic covering the walls. 

The unassuming property in Blackburn was snapped up for a bargain price of £65,000

One of the bedrooms has a ventilation shaft in the ceiling, with radiators and fans on the floor

A blue FlexiTank water storage unit is in the corner of the room with cables and plastic covering the walls

The inside of the house reveals its dark past, with a hole in the living room ceiling 

Timber, pots and pans and a ladder are thrown in a mess on the floor in one room with cracked walls

To the rear of the property is a small, overgrown backyard, with crumbling walls surrounding it and weeds and moss covering the ground

The kitchen has missing draws, smoke stained cupboards and dirty surfaces

Clothes and bags have been thrown on surfaces and the floor with a fridge door left open

In the bathroom, the wallpaper is peeling, tiles are missing and mould can be seen around the bath

To the rear of the property is a small, overgrown backyard, with crumbling walls surrounding it and weeds and moss covering the ground.

The paint on the back of the house his covered in black stains.

The house in Bank Lane, had been listed with a guide price of just £20,000, but it sold for £45,000 more when it went under the hammer.

Yet the average house price in the Lancashire town is £150,000 – almost two-and-a-half times the sale price.

The house was sold by McHugh and Co auctioneers.

The listing made no mention of its former use but it said the home required some ‘modernisation’. 

The description read: ‘Situated near to the junction with Shadsworth Road, close to the amenities available in Blackburn Town Centre and travelling facilities including Blackburn Train Station.

‘Queen’s Park is also nearby.

‘A terrace house requiring modernisation with accommodation arranged on two floors comprising of two bedrooms, a bathroom, entrance porch, living room, kitchen with a yard at the rear.’

The home was visited by Youtuber David Burnip, who said the property was a ‘grow-house completely modified to grow cannabis’.

He added: ‘I followed this house to auction. It was on for £20,000 guide price and it sold for £65,000 – which is not actually that much for a terraced house.’