Dawlish Court, Flat 12, 229 Devonshire Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TJ

Dawlish Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY2 0TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. At 70 m² this is the 8th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Dawlish Court, where floor areas span 45–72 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £110,000 is 11.7% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 29.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.