52a, High Street, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, NN9 5TN

52a is a mid-terrace house in Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN9 5TN). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 49 m² this is the 4th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–187 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 17 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 is 28.6% below the 2021 sale of £175,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 210.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £175,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.