Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 Pretoria Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chelveston, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN9 6AB). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since March 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £212,000 sits 63.1% above the 2005 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£168/sq ft) was about 22.7% below the postcode norm. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Aug 2024
Certificate validity
Expired on 2 August 2024
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
5 Pretoria Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Price for 5 Pretoria Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£212,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.3% per year over 10 years.
£130,000
Growth on file: 15.3% per year over 10 years.
11 March 2005Most recent
£130,000
+18.2%over 2 years3 February 2003
£110,000
+37.5%over 1 year30 November 2001
£80,000
+158.1%over 6 years20 February 1995
£31,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN9 6AB: £495,000 (2022–2020).
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Sold May 2020
5 Pretoria Cottages is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,806
Street avg £2,989
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
159/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Water Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Stanwick Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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