The White Cottage, Main Street, Badby, Daventry, NN11 3AN
About The White Cottage
The White Cottage is a detached house in Badby, Daventry, Daventry (NN11 3AN). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
Most recent transfer was August 2025 at £295,000 — fresh data. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 78 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 84.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The White Cottage has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Work to tree within a conservation area
Conservation Area- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- DA/2018/0830
- May 2001PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Remove existing porch and conservatory. Construction of single storey front extension to form porch and wc, and instal bay window.
Extension- Reference
- DA/2001/0380
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The White Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The White Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£297,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 29 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 29 years.
Sales timeline
11 August 2025Most recent
£295,000
+264.2%over 28 years26 November 1996
£81,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN11 3AN: £267,000 (2022–2013).
Nearby sales in NN11 3AN
Hope House, Main Street, Badby, Daventry, NN11 3AN
Sold Feb 2022
£575,000White House, Main Street, Badby, Daventry, NN11 3AN
Sold Feb 2022
£410,0004 The Banks, Main Street, Badby, Daventry, NN11 3AN
Sold Jul 2019
£206,000Capell Rise, Main Street, Badby, Daventry, NN11 3AN
Sold Aug 2013
£240,000Bluebell Cottage, Main Street, Badby, Daventry, NN11 3AN
Sold Mar 2010
£197,000
Everything we know about The White Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Main Street homes
Price per m² for The White Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,782
Street avg £2,683
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Vicarage Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Badby School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB