7 Black Shale Drive is a semi-detached house in Southam (CV47 0NF). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft). The latest certificate (October 2018) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95).
At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 is 14.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 22.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: October 2018 at £289,995.
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7 Black Shale Drive's carbon output is low for the local stock.
7 Black Shale Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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£332,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£289,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
7 Black Shale Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,843
Street avg £3,792
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 76 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.3 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
26 October 2018Most recent
£289,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 0NF: £297,500 (2025–2024).

Street avg 1.1 t/year
Years Held
8 years
Street avg 6 years
Merestone Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Southam College. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB