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Get started14 Bates Close is a detached house in Market Harborough (LE16 7NT). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since January 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £498,000 sits 55.6% above the 2011 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 24% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
14 Bates Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Apr 2025
14 Bates Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension
14 Bates Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£498,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 14 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 14 years.
On epc rating, 14 Bates Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,286
Street avg £2,999
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
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28 January 2011Most recent
£320,000
-0.8%over 4 years5 May 2006
£322,500
-10.4%over 1 year11 June 2004
£360,000
+142.4%over 6 years30 June 1997
£148,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE16 7NT: £630,000 (2025–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
Smythe Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Robert Smyth Academy. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB
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