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Get started5 Top Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Bisbrooke, Oakham, Oakham (LE15 9ER). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 83.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (186 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £405,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Top Lane has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension.
5 Top Lane has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.7% per year over 25 years.
£405,000
Growth on file: 9.7% per year over 25 years.
5 Top Lane is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,553
Street avg £2,336
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 195 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey
Revised scheme of the planning decision 2017/1072/FUL and construction single storey extension to principal elevation. Replacment of boundary wall and construction a fence.
1 more application for this property
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6 September 2021Most recent
£405,000
+62.0%over 10 years1 June 2011
£250,000
+2.0%over 5 years13 April 2006
£245,000
+136.7%over 7 years20 May 1998
£103,500
+11.9%over 8 months15 September 1997
£92,500
+140.3%over 1 year7 May 1996
£38,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE15 9ER: £320,000 (2025–2008).
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
LE15 9JT
Telephone Box — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Uppingham Community College. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB
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