39 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN

39 Millstone Lane is a mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE1 5JN). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 80 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 71 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–368 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 is 55% below the 2025 sale of £400,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 63.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 70 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £400,000.