2 Howcombe Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Napton, Southam, Southam (CV47 8NX). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 59.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £290,000 in August 2024. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
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2 Howcombe Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension and single storey side porch extension.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2000.
£316,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 24 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 24 years.
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EPC Rating for 2 Howcombe Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,625
Street avg £3,182
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
5 August 2024Most recent
£290,000
+262.5%over 23 years14 December 2000
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 8NX: £290,000 (2025–2012).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
CV47 8NX
Crown — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB