55a, High Meadow, Hathern, Loughborough, LE12 5HW

55a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hathern, Loughborough, Loughborough (LE12 5HW). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 46 m² this is the 11th smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–112 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 80). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 23.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 46 m² it's 24.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 38 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £105,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.