17a, High Street, Cranford, Kettering, NN14 4AA

17a is a one-bedroom detached house in Cranford, Kettering, Kettering (NN14 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 494 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 sits 342.5% above the 1996 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 64.4% below the postcode norm. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.