8 Blacksmiths Lane, Eydon, Daventry, NN11 3PF

8 Blacksmiths Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eydon, Daventry, Daventry (NN11 3PF). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 122), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £273,000 is 33.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 85.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £205,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.