8 Cottesbrooke Gardens, Northampton, NN4 0DE

8 Cottesbrooke Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Northampton (NN4 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £486,000 sits 301.8% above the 1998 sale of £120,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 49.2% below the postcode norm.