Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Orchard Cottage, Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
4 sales on record2 planning records
Estimated value
£529,000
- Since the 2021 sale (£500,000)+6%
- Against NN14 1PU's recent median (£420,000)+26%
Newest record on this page: November 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
108 m²
1163 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 60
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Our estimate
£529,000
- Against its 2021 sale (£500,000)+6%
- Against NN14 1PU's recent median (£420,000)+26%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for Orchard Cottage is modelled from its 108 m² EPC floor area, its 4 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in NN14 1PU. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
108 m² from the EPC lodged in June 2012
Sales of this home
4 sales recorded, the latest in 2021
Recent sales in NN14 1PU
5 sales, median £420,000 (2025–2016)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: November 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 2 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Orchard Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Sales timeline
9 December 2021Most recent
£500,000
+31.6%over 7 years20 December 2013
£380,000
+93.9%over 13 years30 August 2000
£196,000
+60.7%over 2 years4 June 1998
£122,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN14 1PU: £420,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in NN14 1PU
Holly Tree Cottage, Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
Sold Nov 2025
£484,0003 Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
Sold Oct 2025
£420,0005 Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
Sold Oct 2020
£345,0001 Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
Sold Jun 2016
£373,0007 Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
Sold Sept 2015
£398,000
What this page doesn't show
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- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About Orchard Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Orchard Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Cransley, Kettering, Kettering (NN14 1PU). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sale on file: £500,000 in December 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£430/sq ft) was about 73.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 6 EPCs).
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jun 2022
Current Certificate
Jun 2012EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D60
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 11 June 2022
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Orchard Cottage, Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Orchard Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Orchard Cottage, Holly Lane, Cransley, Kettering, NN14 1PU
2decisions8documents1nearby
- May 2014Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 Lime - limb removal, crown clean; T2 Scots Pine - crown reduce by 30%; T3 Larch - crown lift; T4 Scots Pine - fell
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- KET/2014/0192
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksNov 2020Decision
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Versus other Holly Lane homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Orchard Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,630
Street avg £2,948
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 9.0 t/year
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Kettering district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
172/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Three Cranes Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Broughton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- Broughton Primary SchoolPrimary805m
- Mawsley Primary SchoolPrimary2.4km
- Loddington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolPrimary2.4km
- Hall Meadow Primary SchoolPrimary2.6km
Nearest stops
- Three Cranes InnBus stop94m
- Three Cranes InnBus stop123m
- Village HallBus stop354m
- Grange RoadBus stop658m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences1,064 reports39%
- Anti-social Behaviour664 reports24%
- Other Theft186 reports7%
- Criminal Damage & Arson182 reports7%
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NN14 1PU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for Orchard Cottage is modelled from its 108 m² EPC floor area, its 4 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in NN14 1PU. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 4 sales are recorded for Orchard Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Orchard Cottage was lodged in June 2012 at band D and expired in June 2022, so a new one is needed to sell or let. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 2 applications are matched to Orchard Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 16 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 4 schools and 29 stops listed are measured in a straight line from NN14 1PU, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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