1 Hickmire, Wollaston, Wellingborough, NN29 7SL

1 Hickmire is an eight-bedroom detached house in Wollaston, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN29 7SL). It has a recorded floor area of 698 m² (around 7514 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since May 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 698 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,761,000 sits 96.8% above the 2007 sale of £895,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£119/sq ft) was about 22.8% below the postcode norm. 12 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.