3 Chestnut Road, Yardley Gobion, Towcester, NN12 7TW

3 Chestnut Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Yardley Gobion, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7TW). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1601 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 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). Across 2006–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £622,000 sits 50.8% above the 2012 sale of £412,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 32.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 14 years since the last transfer (August 2012).