29 Birchfield Road, Northampton, NN1 4RF

29 Birchfield Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN1 4RF). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2026) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2016 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

It hasn't traded since August 1999, a hold of 27 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. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 sits 226% above the 1999 sale of £96,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 61.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2013. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.