19 Cecil Road, Northampton, NN2 6PG

19 Cecil Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN2 6PG). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since January 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 45 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 114.1% above the 2011 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 22.7% below the postcode norm.