3 Park Avenue, Abington, Northampton, NN3 2BX

3 Park Avenue is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Abington, Northampton, Northampton (NN3 2BX). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since July 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 12 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. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2000–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 48.9% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 16.1% below the postcode norm.