42 Alexandra Road, Wellingborough, NN8 1EE

42 Alexandra Road is a mid-terrace house in Wellingborough (NN8 1EE). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–117 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 26 units on file.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £137,000 is 11.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 175.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.