17 Grasmere Road, Blackpool, FY1 5HS

17 Grasmere Road is a mid-terrace house in Blackpool (FY1 5HS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 6th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–161 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 77).

Sale prices here have outpaced Blackpool HPI: 1.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 34.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 120.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: subdivision refused in 2004. Last sale on file: £85,500 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.