17 Piper Drive, Long Whatton, Loughborough, LE12 5DJ

17 Piper Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Long Whatton, Loughborough, Loughborough (LE12 5DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 sits 60.3% above the 2015 sale of £219,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 23.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in January 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.