17 Ashcroft Gardens, Northampton, NN3 2JR

17 Ashcroft Gardens is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northampton (NN3 2JR). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2014) 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 May 2012. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since December 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 22.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £164,000 is 31.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 21.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.