23 Furnace Cottages, Furnace Lane, Finedon, Wellingborough, NN9 5NZ

23 Furnace Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Finedon, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN9 5NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in November 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 sits 60% above the 2009 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 28.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 55 m² it's 25.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 15 EPCs).