59a, Waterloo Road, Blackpool, FY4 1AD

59a is an end-of-terrace house in Blackpool (FY4 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 47 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to E, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60).

Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 65.1% below the 2022 sale of £450,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£889/sq ft) was about 786.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £450,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.