3 Bishops Drive, Kettering, NN15 6AJ

3 Bishops Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kettering (NN15 6AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £203,000 sits 69.2% above the 2014 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 31.9% below the postcode norm. On the market in November 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.