Detached

22 POND FARM CLOSE

NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JQ

£250,000

Location

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Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type	Name	Distance
Shop	Lilylocks & Co	0.1 miles
Bus stop	The Squirrels PH	0.1 miles
Train station	Northampton	1.6 miles
University	University of Northampton Innovation Centre	1.7 miles
Hospital	St Matthews Hospital	2.8 miles

Property details

Tenure

Freehold

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

59 m²

EPC rating

Year built

England and Wales: 1991-1995

Last sold

£250,000 Feb 2026

Price per m²

£4,237/m²

Local average

£398,861 (36 sales)

Street crime

301 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

This certificate expired on 18/05/2026. A new EPC may be required before the property can be marketed or let.

Current rating: D

Potential rating: B

Inspection date: 19/05/2016

Expiry date: 18/05/2026 (expired)

Current heating cost: £494/year

Potential heating cost: £435/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £16,540

EPC D or below may face future regulation risk. Upgrading to C could improve long-term ROI.

Recommendations

Floor insulation (solid floor) (£4,000 - £6,000)
Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets (£40)
Solar water heating (£4,000 - £6,000)
Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£5,000 - £8,000)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Price history

Event	Date	Price	Type	% change	Today’s value (HPI)	Action
Sold	23/02/2026	£250,000	Detached	—	£250,748 to April 2026	View transaction

Historic listings

Listing and sale events only where we matched the listing page to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

Event	Date	Price
sold	01/01/2026	£250,000
listed	28/04/2025	£250,000
sold	01/01/2016	£175,000
sold	01/01/1997	£50,000
sold	01/01/1997	£55,310

Photos · Open listing

Sold comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Land Registry Price Paid Data.

Address	Price	Date	Type
168 TIMKEN WAY NORTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6WF	£310,000	31/10/2025	Detached
PEAR TREE COTTAGE, 15 MAIN ROAD, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JB	£600,000	20/03/2025	Detached
21 SUSSEX CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6ET	£364,000	10/02/2025	Detached
15 SOUTHFIELD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6HN	£590,000	03/11/2023	Detached
1 ALFRED KNIGHT CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6FB	£495,000	12/09/2023	Detached
23 SIR JOHN PASCOE WAY, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6PN	£270,000	26/06/2023	Detached
1 MAXWELL WALK, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6WD	£378,000	09/06/2023	Detached
1 HALL CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6EU	£475,000	29/03/2023	Detached
1 PASCAL CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6US	£390,000	31/10/2022	Detached
31 ROLLERS CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GZ	£569,995	28/10/2022	Detached
22 MAXWELL CRESCENT, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6WA	£400,000	27/10/2022	Detached
30 ROLLERS CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GZ	£487,995	30/09/2022	Detached
32 ROLLERS CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GZ	£604,995	29/09/2022	Detached
6 SUSSEX CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6ET	£420,000	23/09/2022	Detached
16 SUSSEX CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6ET	£420,000	23/09/2022	Detached
10 ORCHARD WAY, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6HG	£250,000	22/09/2022	Detached
107 SIR JOHN PASCOE WAY, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6PN	£360,000	16/09/2022	Detached
4 GALILEO CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GR	£335,000	03/08/2022	Detached
THE WILLOWS, 15A HOLMLEIGH CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JE	£435,000	02/08/2022	Detached
39 DIGBY CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GU	£430,000	25/07/2022	Detached

Area average: £429,249 (20 sales)

For sale comparables

No active for-sale comparables found within 1 mile for the same bedrooms and property type.

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth -1.2%

10y growth 21.1%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): West Northamptonshire. Series: Detached. As of April 2026.

1y (index) 1.3%

5y (index) 17.4%

10y (index) 36.9%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for West Northamptonshire. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £965/mo

Realistic £1,072/mo

Optimistic £1,179/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → West Northamptonshire.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Leicester: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

Rental Comparables

Residential lets in the area (all bedroom counts shown — none matched the 2-bedroom count for this property). Student lets are excluded.

Title	Rent	Beds	Distance	As seen on
4 Bed End Terrace, Vicarage Road, NN5	£600/mo	4	1.17 miles	OpenRent

Average rent: £600/mo (1 listing)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.24%

Max investor price (0.8%) £75,000

Target investor price (1%) £60,000

Gross yield 2.9%

Cost-to-rent ratio 34.7×

Monthly cashflow £-470/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term

Cash-on-cash ROI -7.8%

Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

Street-level crime

Category	Count
Violence and sexual offences	97
Anti-social behaviour	79
Shoplifting	47
Burglary	16
Public order	11
Robbery	11
Vehicle crime	11
Criminal damage and arson	10
Other theft	8
Drugs	6
Possession of weapons	3
Other crime	2
Total incidents	301

Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name	Type	Distance	Ofsted
Millway Primary School	Primary	0.4 miles	Good — 27 Mar 2024
Hopping Hill Primary School	Primary	0.5 miles	— (Inspected (no overall grade))
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	Primary	0.5 miles	Good — 9 Jun 2014
The Duston School	Other	0.6 miles	Good — 13 Sep 2021
Chiltern Primary School	Primary	0.6 miles	Good — 24 Mar 2024

FENSA

Window and door installation certificates found for this address.

Issued	Work completed	Windows	Doors
13/03/2017	28/11/2016	7	2

# 22 POND FARM CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JQ

## Property details

- Slug: `f917861` (address key hash: `f9178615aef1f216cc0f56f70acd063f6f919d6b`)
- Postcode: NN5 6JQ
- Transactions on record: 1

- Tenure: Freehold
- Property type: Detached
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 1
- Floor area: 59 m²
- EPC rating: D
- Year built: England and Wales: 1991-1995
- Last sold: £250,000 Feb 2026
- Price per m²: £4,237/m²
- Local average: £398,861 (36 sales)
- Street crime: 301 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

## Latest sale

- Price: £250,000
- Date: 2026-02-23
- Type: D
- Tenure: F

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** D
- **Potential rating:** B
- **Expiry date:** 18/05/2026 — **EXPIRED** (no longer valid for marketing or letting)
- **Current heating cost:** £494/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £16,540

### Recommendations
- W2 (£4,000 - £6,000)
- E (£40)
- N (£4,000 - £6,000)
- U (£5,000 - £8,000)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/8196-7825-4450-4401-4996)

## Price history

| Event | Date | Price | Type | % change | Today’s value (HPI) | Transaction |
|-------|------|-------|------|--------|---------------------|-------------|
| Sold | 2026-02-23 | £250,000 | Detached | — | £250,748 (to April 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/4e75c29d-7fd2-8922-e063-4804a8c094d0) |

*Today’s value (HPI): adjusted using published house price index trends for the area and property type; not a valuation of the property today.*

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 22 POND FARM CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JQ | £250,000 | 23/02/2026 | Detached |

## Historic listings

Listing activity only where we matched the listing to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

- Matched listing: [161203169](http://87.117.209.195:8080/listings/40cfbfc)

| Event | Date | Price |
|-------|------|-------|
| sold | 2026-01-01 | £250,000 |
| listed | 2025-04-28 | £250,000 |
| sold | 2016-01-01 | £175,000 |
| sold | 1997-01-01 | £50,000 |
| sold | 1997-01-01 | £55,310 |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 168 TIMKEN WAY NORTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6WF | £310,000 | 31/10/2025 | Detached |
| PEAR TREE COTTAGE, 15 MAIN ROAD, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JB | £600,000 | 20/03/2025 | Detached |
| 21 SUSSEX CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6ET | £364,000 | 10/02/2025 | Detached |
| 15 SOUTHFIELD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6HN | £590,000 | 03/11/2023 | Detached |
| 1 ALFRED KNIGHT CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6FB | £495,000 | 12/09/2023 | Detached |
| 23 SIR JOHN PASCOE WAY, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6PN | £270,000 | 26/06/2023 | Detached |
| 1 MAXWELL WALK, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6WD | £378,000 | 09/06/2023 | Detached |
| 1 HALL CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6EU | £475,000 | 29/03/2023 | Detached |
| 1 PASCAL CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6US | £390,000 | 31/10/2022 | Detached |
| 31 ROLLERS CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GZ | £569,995 | 28/10/2022 | Detached |
| 22 MAXWELL CRESCENT, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6WA | £400,000 | 27/10/2022 | Detached |
| 30 ROLLERS CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GZ | £487,995 | 30/09/2022 | Detached |
| 32 ROLLERS CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GZ | £604,995 | 29/09/2022 | Detached |
| 6 SUSSEX CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6ET | £420,000 | 23/09/2022 | Detached |
| 16 SUSSEX CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6ET | £420,000 | 23/09/2022 | Detached |
| 10 ORCHARD WAY, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6HG | £250,000 | 22/09/2022 | Detached |
| 107 SIR JOHN PASCOE WAY, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6PN | £360,000 | 16/09/2022 | Detached |
| 4 GALILEO CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GR | £335,000 | 03/08/2022 | Detached |
| THE WILLOWS, 15A HOLMLEIGH CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6JE | £435,000 | 02/08/2022 | Detached |
| 39 DIGBY CLOSE, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN5 6GU | £430,000 | 25/07/2022 | Detached |

**Area average:** £429,249 (20 sales)

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** -1.2%
- **10y growth:** 21.1%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for West Northamptonshire; Detached series; as of April 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 1.3%
- **5y growth (index):** 17.4%
- **10y growth (index):** 36.9%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (West Northamptonshire). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £965/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,072/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,179/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Leicester (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets in the area (all bedroom counts shown — none matched the 2-bedroom count for this property). Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 4 Bed End Terrace, Vicarage Road, NN5 | £600/mo | 4 | 1.17 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £600/mo (1 listing)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.24% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £75,000
- **Target investor price (1%):** £60,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £600/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 2.9%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 34.7×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £-470/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** -7.8%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

## Street-level crime

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Violence and sexual offences | 97 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 79 |
| Shoplifting | 47 |
| Burglary | 16 |
| Public order | 11 |
| Robbery | 11 |
| Vehicle crime | 11 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 10 |
| Other theft | 8 |
| Drugs | 6 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| **Total incidents** | **301** |

*Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).*

## Schools nearby

*Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown.*

| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|------|------|----------|--------|
| Millway Primary School | Primary | 0.4 miles | Good — 27 Mar 2024 |
| Hopping Hill Primary School | Primary | 0.5 miles | — (Inspected (no overall grade)) |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0.5 miles | Good — 9 Jun 2014 |
| The Duston School | Other | 0.6 miles | Good — 13 Sep 2021 |
| Chiltern Primary School | Primary | 0.6 miles | Good — 24 Mar 2024 |

## FENSA Certificates

This property has 1 FENSA certificate(s) on record.

### FENSA Certificate #12235826
- **Address:** 22 Pond Farm Close, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6JQ
- **Certificate Issued:** 13/03/2017
- **Work Completed:** 28/11/2016
- **Items:** 7 window(s), 2 door(s)