1a, London End, Irchester, Wellingborough, NN29 7BH

1a is a three-bedroom detached house in Irchester, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN29 7BH). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £323,000 sits 50.2% above the 2022 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 105 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Sold November 2022 for £215,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.