5 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
About 5 Hillcrest Avenue
5 Hillcrest Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Northampton (NN3 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £522,500 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- GarageDetached
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
5 Hillcrest Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jun 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Hillcrest Avenue has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
22 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
5 Hillcrest Avenue saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£566,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.3% per year over 7 years.
£522,500
Growth on file: 2.3% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
19 March 2022Most recent
£522,500
-4.1%over 4 years28 September 2017
£545,000
+21.1%over 2 years30 July 2015
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN3 2AB: £400,000 (2025–2021).
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
£400,00017 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2AB
Sold Jun 2021
£370,000
Versus other Hillcrest Avenue homes
5 Hillcrest Avenue outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,750
Street avg £2,512
Floor Area
190 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 5.9 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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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB