Flat 3, Laws Lane, Finedon, Wellingborough, NN9 5LU

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Finedon, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN9 5LU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 58 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 56–178 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (37 versus a best of 70). Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 124.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £222,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.