9 St Bedes Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 1AQ

9 St Bedes Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Blackpool (FY4 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 251 m² (around 2702 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 251 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £219,000 sits 182.6% above the 2022 sale of £77,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£29/sq ft) was about 49.6% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £77,500 in June 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.