7 Austen Close, Northampton, NN5 4WF
About 7 Austen Close
7 Austen Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Northampton (NN5 4WF). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2014) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £540,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
7 Austen Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Austen Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 7 Austen Close
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 7 Austen Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£550,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 8 years.
£540,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
25 August 2022Most recent
£540,000
+38.5%over 8 years27 February 2014
£389,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN5 4WF: £372,500 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in NN5 4WF
Everything we know about 7 Austen Close, 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 Austen Close homes
7 Austen Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,293
Street avg £2,638
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 116 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 2.0 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 8 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Kent Road South — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Luke's Church of England Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB