Hollybush Cottage, Banbury Road, Lower Boddington, Daventry, NN11 6XY

Hollybush Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lower Boddington, Daventry, Daventry (NN11 6XY). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (194 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold August 2022 for £240,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£437/sq ft) was about 93.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.