9 Fairhurst Street, Blackpool, FY1 3HS

9 Fairhurst Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Blackpool (FY1 3HS). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since December 2006, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £107,000 is 15.1% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 19.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.