3 Avon Close, Wellingborough, NN8 5WH

3 Avon Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Wellingborough (NN8 5WH). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 54.2% above the 2014 sale of £207,500. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in February 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.