The Cottage, Banbury Road, Charwelton, Daventry, NN11 3YY

The Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Charwelton, Daventry, Daventry (NN11 3YY). It has a recorded floor area of 350 m² (around 3767 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 350 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £763,000 sits 65.9% above the 2018 sale of £460,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 43% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold July 2018 for £460,000.