165 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
About 165 Birchfield Road East
165 Birchfield Road East is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Northampton (NN3 2BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 27 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. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 is 32.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 61.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
165 Birchfield Road East sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 165 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
- Mar 2018OutbuildingFullOutcome in report
Proposed detached garage to rear
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- N/2017/1693
- More recent applications — locked
- New BuildMar 2018Decision
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Sales history & valuation
165 Birchfield Road East valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£451,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 January 2017Most recent
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN3 2BZ: £315,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NN3 2BZ
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Sold Aug 2022
£445,000209 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
Sold Aug 2021
£288,000
Versus other Birchfield Road East homes
165 Birchfield Road East is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,430
Street avg £2,271
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Beech Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Cedar Road Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB







