38 Highcroft Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0BJ

38 Highcroft Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bispham, Blackpool, Blackpool (FY2 0BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since April 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 sits 183.7% above the 2001 sale of £49,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 53.4% below the postcode norm.