2 Back Lane, Ringstead, Kettering, NN14 4DR

2 Back Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Ringstead, Kettering, Kettering (NN14 4DR). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 91.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £490,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.