48 Blandford Avenue, Kettering, NN16 9AR

48 Blandford Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Kettering (NN16 9AR). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since February 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £255,000 sits 372.2% above the 1995 sale of £54,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 57.7% below the postcode norm. At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.