Yew Tree House, The Green, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QP

Yew Tree House is a detached house in Abthorpe, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8QP). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2290 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 26). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 24 planning records sit against the property, 18 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £773,000 is 23.7% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 16.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.