5 Bracken Way, Blackpool, FY2 0WQ

5 Bracken Way is a six-bedroom detached house in Blackpool (FY2 0WQ). It has a recorded floor area of 347 m² (around 3735 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2015. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 347 m² the property is well over the postcode median (173 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2001–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 sits 55% above the 2009 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 15.5% below the postcode norm.