Flat 2, 1 Leicester Parade, Barrack Road, Northampton, NN2 6AQ

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northampton (NN2 6AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 31 m² this is the 6th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–55 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since July 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 sits 64.2% above the 1999 sale of £148,000. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).