8a, Baron Road, Blackpool, FY1 6JU

8a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Blackpool (FY1 6JU). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 60 m² this is the 16th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (22 versus a best of 71).

It hasn't traded since July 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 60 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 16 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. Across 1997–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 sits 166.7% above the 2005 sale of £42,000.