Inglenook, Maidford Road, Farthingstone, Towcester, NN12 8HE

Inglenook is a semi-detached house in Farthingstone, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8HE). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (182 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £364,000 is 17.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 50% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £310,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.