Flat 1, 1 Mersey Road, Blackpool, FY4 1EN

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY4 1EN). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–42 m²). The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 is 17.2% below the 2022 sale of £154,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£624/sq ft) was about 643.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £154,500 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.