25 Ainsdale Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0ET

25 Ainsdale Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bispham, Blackpool, Blackpool (FY2 0ET). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since October 1999 — that's 27 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. At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 sits 295.3% above the 1999 sale of £43,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 68% below the postcode norm.