Apartment 14, 3 Colton Square, Leicester, LE1 1QH

Apartment 14 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE1 1QH). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2021) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 8th 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 across 40 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 is 17.4% below the 2007 sale of £138,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 66.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in November 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 42 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 39 EPCs).