5 Mersey Road, Blackpool, FY4 1EN
About 5 Mersey Road
5 Mersey Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY4 1EN). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £183,000 is 29.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 24.7% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £141,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
5 Mersey Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Mersey Road has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Mersey Road has grown more than fourfold since the 2000 starting point.
£183,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 20 years.
£141,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
31 March 2021Most recent
£141,000
+333.8%over 20 years13 November 2000
£32,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in FY4 1EN: £154,500 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in FY4 1EN
Versus other Mersey Road homes
EPC Rating for 5 Mersey Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£849
Street avg £1,034
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Thames Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Thames Primary Academy. 20 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB







