34 Chaucer Street, Northampton, NN2 7HN

34 Chaucer Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN2 7HN). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since March 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 60.9% above the 2004 sale of £117,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 96.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 39 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs).