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Get started18 St Bedes Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY4 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 56 m² this is the 6th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–317 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 19 units on file. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
It hasn't traded since May 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Blackpool HPI: 18.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 sits 87.1% above the 2004 sale of £77,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 153.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (136 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Use of premises as a single private dwellinghouse.
18 St Bedes Avenue has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£145,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.9% per year over 6 years.
£77,500
Growth on file: 18.9% per year over 6 years.
Habitable Rooms for 18 St Bedes Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,384
Street avg £1,700
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 46 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Byron Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system upgraded
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4 May 2004Most recent
£77,500
+29.2%13 April 2004
£60,000
+106.9%over 5 years1 September 1998
£29,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in FY4 1AQ: £115,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
FY4 1JB
Closest school
0.5 km
Blackpool Gateway Academy. 20 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB
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