18 Meadow Close, Daventry, NN11 0GY

18 Meadow Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Daventry (NN11 0GY). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since March 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 77 m² it's 28.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 sits 167.9% above the 2001 sale of £114,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm.