4 Chaucer House, Chaucer Street, Northampton, NN2 7HN

4 Chaucer House is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN2 7HN). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 sits 107.4% above the 2009 sale of £54,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 30.5% below the postcode norm. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 39 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.