8 Blind Lane, Breaston, Derby, DE72 3DW

8 Blind Lane is a two-bedroom detached house in Breaston, Derby, Derby (DE72 3DW). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £285,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 is 14.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 40.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.