20 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
About 20 Hillcrest Avenue
20 Hillcrest Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Northampton (NN3 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in June 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £519,000 sits 529.1% above the 1997 sale of £82,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 80.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
Energy performance
20 Hillcrest Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
20 Hillcrest Avenue has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
3 applications on record at 20 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
- Feb 2001ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
SINGLE AND TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- N/2001/101
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2006Decision
- ExtensionOct 2002Decision
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Sales history & valuation
20 Hillcrest Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£519,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£82,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 June 1997Most recent
£82,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN3 2AB: £432,500 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NN3 2AB
22 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
Sold Sept 2025
£432,5007 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
Sold May 2025
£612,50018 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
Sold Jun 2023
£380,0002a, Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
Sold Apr 2023
£400,0005 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
Sold Mar 2022
£522,500
Versus other Hillcrest Avenue homes
20 Hillcrest Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£456
Street avg £2,633
Floor Area
181 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Highlands Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Eastfield Academy. 38 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB







