52 Abbots Way, Kettering, NN15 6FW

52 Abbots Way is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kettering (NN15 6FW). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 50 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 50 m² it's 25.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 25 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 33.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £145,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.