158 Bispham Road, Blackpool, FY2 0LA

158 Bispham Road is a semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY2 0LA). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). At 80 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 54–200 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 23 units on file.

At 80 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 22 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£171/sq ft) was about 47.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £147,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.