1 Church View Road, Desborough, Kettering, NN14 2PS

1 Church View Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Desborough, Kettering, Kettering (NN14 2PS). It has a recorded floor area of 231 m² (around 2486 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 231 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 37.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2023 for £645,000.