5a, Holyrood Road, Northampton, NN5 7AH
About 5a
5a is a detached house in Northampton (NN5 7AH). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2022. The latest certificate (June 2022) returns an A (score 96), the top energy band on the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 102.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £545,000 in July 2022. 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
5a ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5a has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
10applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5a has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£539,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 25 years.
£545,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
14 July 2022Most recent
£545,000
+159.5%over 7 years31 October 2014
£210,000
+31.3%over 12 months5 November 2013
£160,000
+128.6%over 16 years28 April 1997
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN5 7AH: £490,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NN5 7AH
Everything we know about 5a, 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 Holyrood Road homes
5a outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,364
Street avg £2,781
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 161 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.3 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 10 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
The Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St James Church of England Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB