20 Gold Street, Podington, Wellingborough, NN29 7HX

20 Gold Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Podington, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN29 7HX). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 41), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 48.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Sold August 2022 for £247,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.