3 Orchard Close, Towcester, NN12 6BP

3 Orchard Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Towcester (NN12 6BP). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£271/sq ft) was about 44.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £295,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.