21 Priory Court, Blackpool, FY1 4EW

21 Priory Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Blackpool (FY1 4EW). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (38 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged Blackpool HPI: -4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £100,000 sits 122.2% above the 2021 sale of £45,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold December 2021 for £45,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.