26 Heather Lane, Northampton, NN3 8EY

26 Heather Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Northampton (NN3 8EY). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 is 18.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 32.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it's 27.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 16 EPCs). Last sale on file: £235,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.