2 High Street, Rothwell, Kettering, NN14 6LE

2 High Street is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rothwell, Kettering, Kettering (NN14 6LE). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 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. At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £223,000 sits 328.8% above the 1996 sale of £52,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 40.2% below the postcode norm.