2 Spring Lane, Alderton, Towcester, NN12 7LW

2 Spring Lane is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Alderton, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7LW). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 126 m² it sits well below the postcode median (186 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold September 2021 for £450,000. Across the public record there are 7 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 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 22.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.