Flat 1, 2 Boscombe Road, Blackpool, FY4 1LW

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Blackpool (FY4 1LW). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 64 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (64–133 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 4 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The latest certificate is from July 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 64 m² it's 24.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 47 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 17% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 103.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.