122a, Flat 22, Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1LB

122a is a semi-detached house in Leicester (LE1 1LB). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 41 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in 122a, where floor areas span 35–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 83). The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 56 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. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 75.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £122,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.