5 Church Lane, Cold Higham, Towcester, NN12 8LS

5 Church Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Cold Higham, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8LS). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £525,000 in March 2021. Across the public record there are 4 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 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £601,000 is 14.5% above the 2021 sale price.