8 Bracken Close, Kettering, NN16 9BG
About 8 Bracken Close
8 Bracken Close is a detached house in Kettering (NN16 9BG). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 115% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
8 Bracken Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Bracken Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
14applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£249,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 5 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
16 September 2021Most recent
£260,000
+57.6%over 4 years15 February 2017
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN16 9BG: £220,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in NN16 9BG
Everything we know about 8 Bracken Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Bracken Close homes
8 Bracken Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,561
Street avg £3,021
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bracken Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Brambleside Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.4dB