9 Acorn Road, Northampton, NN5 4BE
About 9 Acorn Road
9 Acorn Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Northampton (NN5 4BE). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
At 136 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 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 23% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £420,000. 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
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2024ConversionConditionsIn report
Variation Condition 3 Use. Removal Condition 4 . Occupier 2024/0082/FULL (Garage conversion to bedroom with ensuite (retrospective) to allow other use of room & occupier.
Retrospective- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/4567/S73
- Apr 2024ConversionFullIn report
Garage conversion to bedroom with ensuite (retrospective)
Retrospective- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/0082/FULL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 9 Acorn Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 9 Acorn Road has grown more than fourfold since the 2003 starting point.
£453,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.6% per year over 18 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 11.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
18 February 2021Most recent
£420,000
+611.9%over 17 years8 March 2003
£59,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN5 4BE: £320,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in NN5 4BE
Everything we know about 9 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
9 Acorn Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,088
Street avg £2,616
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 2.5 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