Flat 5, 40 Colton Street, Leicester, LE1 1AF

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leicester (LE1 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2022 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (43 versus a best of 69).

At 37 m² it's 28.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 is 35.8% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 51% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in January 2012.