25 Portland Road, Blackpool, FY1 4ED

25 Portland Road is a semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY1 4ED). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 23 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 27 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in July 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 sits 180% above the 2000 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 82.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs).