23 Kingston Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 2QB

23 Kingston Avenue is a six-bedroom detached house in Blackpool (FY4 2QB). It has a recorded floor area of 362 m² (around 3897 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

It hasn't traded since April 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 362 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 32.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £386,000 sits 67.8% above the 2003 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 51% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.