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Get started7 Wheel Lane is a two-bedroom detached house in Barrowden, Oakham, Oakham (LE15 8ER). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 41 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£986/sq ft) was about 176.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £435,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
7 Wheel Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A new windows application was refused at 7 Wheel Lane in 2022.
Discharge of conditions 3 (construction management plan) and 4 (materials) relating to 2023/0104/FUL (Proposed extensions and minor works to existing property. Solar panels to roof)
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£457,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£435,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Price per m² for 7 Wheel Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£10,610
Street avg £5,566
Floor Area
41 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water efficiency decreased
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
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Proposed extensions and minor works to existing property. Solar panels to roof.
1 more application for this property
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24 May 2022Most recent
£435,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE15 8ER: £395,000 (2019–2012).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
LE15 8JR
Kings Lane — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB
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