8a, Blackwood Avenue, Rugby, CV22 7ER

8a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rugby (CV22 7ER). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 60 m² this is the 17th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–62 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced Rugby HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 sits 116.5% above the 2022 sale of £54,500. At 60 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 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 74% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £54,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.