174 Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6DB

174 Watling Street East is a three-bedroom detached house in Towcester (NN12 6DB). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 20 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. Today's modelled estimate of £511,000 sits 82.5% above the 2011 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 55% below the postcode norm. 15 planning records sit against the property, 14 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in October 2011.