Orchard Cottage, Moulton Lane, Boughton, Northampton, NN2 8RG

Orchard Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Boughton, Northampton, Northampton (NN2 8RG). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An application is currently awaiting a decision. At 123 m² it sits well below the postcode median (180 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). On the market in March 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2002–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £688,000 is 22.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 78.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.