Apartment 12, 3 Colton Square, Leicester, LE1 1QH

Apartment 12 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leicester (LE1 1QH). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) returns an A (score 105), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 65 m² this is the 30th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–99 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to A, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (105 versus a worst of 63).

At 65 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2013–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 sits 120% above the 2024 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 22.6% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £100,000 in November 2024.