185a, Kettering Road, Northampton, NN1 4BP

185a is a mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN1 4BP). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £179,000 is 26.5% below the 2021 sale of £243,500, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold January 2021 for £243,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.