5 Cartwright Street, Loughborough, LE11 1JW

5 Cartwright Street is a mid-terrace house in Loughborough (LE11 1JW). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 49 m² this is the 7th smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 44 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 is 15.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 93.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £105,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.