1a, Flat 4, Kirby Road, Blackpool, FY1 6EB

1a is a nine-bedroom mid-terrace house in Blackpool (FY1 6EB). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2287 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 19 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. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 sits 88.9% above the 2008 sale of £63,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 61.9% below the postcode norm.