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Get startedThe Poplars is a four-bedroom detached house in Hollowell, Northampton, Northampton (NN6 8RP). It has a recorded floor area of 522 m² (around 5619 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,111,000 sits 64.6% above the 2013 sale of £674,999. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 42.6% below the postcode norm. At 522 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 17 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. 13 years since the last transfer (October 2013). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
The Poplars ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Feb 2025
The Poplars has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey kitchen extension.
Latest sale on The Poplars was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,111,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.5% per year over 18 years.
£674,999
Growth on file: 10.5% per year over 18 years.
The Poplars is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,293
Street avg £2,948
Floor Area
522 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
14 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension of hard standing area for the provision of car parking (retrospective) and change of use of agricultural land to enlarge residential curtilage (retrospective)
3 more applications for this property
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17 October 2013Most recent
£674,999
+51.7%over 7 years20 December 2005
£445,000
+169.7%over 7 years17 February 1998
£165,000
+46.0%over 2 years1 December 1995
£113,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN6 8RP: £275,000 (2023–2020).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
NN6 8BG
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Guilsborough Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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