5 Acorn Road, Northampton, NN5 4BE
About 5 Acorn Road
5 Acorn Road is a semi-detached house in Northampton (NN5 4BE). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).
At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Acorn Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 5 Acorn Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£279,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 15 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
31 March 2022Most recent
£290,000
+56.8%over 15 years13 December 2006
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN5 4BE: £325,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in NN5 4BE
Everything we know about 5 Acorn Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Acorn Road homes
Years Held for 5 Acorn Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,929
Street avg £2,648
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Old Hospital — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Luke's Church of England Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB