16 Boscombe Road, Blackpool, FY4 1LW
About 16 Boscombe Road
16 Boscombe Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY4 1LW). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 67.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
16 Boscombe Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
16 Boscombe 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£230,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£220,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 September 2022Most recent
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in FY4 1LW: £167,500 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in FY4 1LW
Versus other Boscombe Road homes
16 Boscombe Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£1,392
Street avg £1,075
Floor Area
158 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 8.6 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
0.2 km
Farmer's Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Armfield Academy. 17 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
53.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB







