9 High Street, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RE

9 High Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Blakesley, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8RE). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 119 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (156 m² median across 13 EPCs). Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £403,000 is 39% above the 2007 sale price.