Pear Tree Cottage, Spring Lane, Alderton, Towcester, NN12 7LW

Pear Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Alderton, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7LW). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 222 m² the property is well over the postcode median (162 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 10 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2004–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,078,000 is 17.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 57.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.