43b, Abbey Road, Northampton, NN4 8EY

43b is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northampton (NN4 8EY). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a balcony and a basement.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 55 m² it's 29.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 50 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2016–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 51.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2023 for £120,000.