Flat 2, 18 Park Street, Towcester, NN12 6DQ

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Towcester (NN12 6DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–45 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (69 versus a worst of 57). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 37 m² it's 23.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 22 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £141,000 is 11.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 40.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £126,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.