8 Buccleuch Street, Kettering, NN16 9ED

8 Buccleuch Street is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Kettering (NN16 9ED). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 66 m² this is the 9th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 22 units on file.

It hasn't traded since January 1996, a hold of 30 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 £114,000 sits 686.2% above the 1996 sale of £14,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£20/sq ft) was about 77.5% below the postcode norm.