3 Water Lane, Chelveston, Wellingborough, NN9 6AP

3 Water Lane is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelveston, Wellingborough, Wellingborough (NN9 6AP). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 6 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 is 15.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 48.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.