143 Forest Road, Loughborough, LE11 3HS

143 Forest Road is a semi-detached house in Loughborough (LE11 3HS). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 58.6% above the 2018 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 19% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.