35 Black Cat Drive, Northampton, NN5 4EA
About 35 Black Cat Drive
35 Black Cat Drive is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN5 4EA). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. At 67 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–178 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (82 versus a worst of 63).
At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 34.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £169,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
35 Black Cat Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
35 Black Cat Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 35 Black Cat Drive
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
35 Black Cat Drive's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£181,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.1% per year over 16 years.
£169,000
Growth on file: -0.1% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
12 July 2022Most recent
£169,000
-2.3%over 15 years22 December 2006
£172,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN5 4EA: £250,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NN5 4EA
25 Black Cat Drive, Northampton, NN5 4EA
Sold Mar 2025
£325,00041 Black Cat Drive, Northampton, NN5 4EA
Sold Oct 2023
£154,99512 Black Cat Drive, Northampton, NN5 4EA
Sold Aug 2023
£415,00039 Black Cat Drive, Northampton, NN5 4EA
Sold Nov 2022
£182,5007 Black Cat Drive, Northampton, NN5 4EA
Sold Jun 2022
£250,000
Everything we know about 35 Black Cat Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Black Cat Drive homes
35 Black Cat Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,522
Street avg £2,330
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.2 t/year
Street avg 1.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Webb Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Upton Meadows Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB