8 Carriage Drive, Kettering, NN16 9EN

8 Carriage Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kettering (NN16 9EN). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).

Held since July 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £182,000 sits 420% above the 1998 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 65.1% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.