257 Abington Avenue, Northampton, NN3 2BU

257 Abington Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Northampton (NN3 2BU). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2820 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold December 2022 for £645,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 44.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.