4 Bowden Road, Northampton, NN5 5LT
About 4 Bowden Road
4 Bowden Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northampton (NN5 5LT). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2023. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£207/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £192,000. 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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2023HMOFullIn report
Change of Use from Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) for 4 occupants
- Documents
- 78 docs on file
- Reference
- WNN/2023/0029
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Bowden Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£210,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 20 years.
£192,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
5 October 2022Most recent
£192,000
+54.2%over 17 years18 February 2005
£124,500
+43.1%over 2 years9 December 2002
£87,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN5 5LT: £200,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in NN5 5LT
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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 Bowden Road homes
4 Bowden Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,233
Street avg £1,946
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St James's Sq — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St James Church of England Primary School. 34 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB