5 Bright Street, Blackpool, FY4 1BS

5 Bright Street is a mid-terrace house in Blackpool (FY4 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 35th smallest of 51 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 14–217 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 51 units on file.

At 37 m² the property is well over the postcode median (28 m² across 50 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 sits 54.2% above the 2022 sale of £89,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 297.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £89,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.