3 Highgate, Blackpool, FY4 2QJ

3 Highgate is a three-bedroom detached house in Blackpool (FY4 2QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 20 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. Today's modelled estimate of £179,000 sits 58.4% above the 2009 sale of £113,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 28.8% below the postcode norm.