3 White Horse Yard, Towcester, NN12 6BU

3 White Horse Yard is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Towcester (NN12 6BU). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (39–113 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (55 versus a best of 76). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold November 2021 for £145,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 101.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.