Elite House, Flat 3, Pytchley Street, Northampton, NN1 5QY

Elite House is a four-bedroom detached house in Northampton (NN1 5QY). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 99 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Elite House (99–234 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 46). The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58).

It hasn't traded since July 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 99 m² it's 25.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 is 30.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 29% above the typical sold price in the postcode.