Islington Court, Flat 9, Islington Road, Towcester, NN12 6AU

Islington Court is a two-bedroom detached house in Towcester (NN12 6AU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 58 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Islington Court (30–58 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 58 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 61% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £156,500 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.