4 Blacksmiths Lane, Eydon, Daventry, NN11 3PF

4 Blacksmiths Lane is a detached house in Eydon, Daventry, Daventry (NN11 3PF). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 82 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2021. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 is 33.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 86.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.