1 Blackboy Cottage, Lower Shuckburgh, Daventry, NN11 6DX
About 1 Blackboy Cottage
1 Blackboy Cottage is a semi-detached house in Lower Shuckburgh, Daventry, Daventry (NN11 6DX). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.
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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
1 Blackboy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Planning history
- Jun 2010Tree WorksTreesIn report
- T1 conifer : fell.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/00863/TREE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Blackboy Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 2 sales in NN11 6DX: £725,000 (2001–1998).
Nearby sales in NN11 6DX
Everything we know about 1 Blackboy 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 the street
On epc rating, 1 Blackboy Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 119 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.2 km
Jubilee Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB