Apartment 7, 78 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB

Apartment 7 is a mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE1 1SB). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band A. At 99 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (46–99 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 80.1% below the 2022 sale of £675,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £675,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.