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Get startedFernleigh Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Caldecott, Market Harborough, Market Harborough (LE16 8RN). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2025) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.
At 129 m² it's 25.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £437,000 sits 61.9% above the 2018 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 27.1% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £270,000 in August 2018.
Fernleigh Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
A recent planning application at Fernleigh Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
Garden building created as ancillary to the main property. Used as office, storage, studio space.
Fernleigh Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£437,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£270,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On price per m², Fernleigh Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,093
Street avg £3,149
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
47.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Cavity wall insulation installed
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Garden building created as ancillary to the main property. Used as office, storage, studio space.
1 more application for this property
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10 August 2018Most recent
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE16 8RN: £315,000 (2025–2017).
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Sold Sept 2025
2 Church Close Caldecott Market Harborough
Sold May 2023
1 Church Close Caldecott Market Harborough
Sold Aug 2017
Walnut Tree Cottage Church Close Caldecott Market Harborough
Sold Feb 2017
Priests House Church Close Caldecott Market Harborough
Sold Aug 2016
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
LE16 8SH
Plough Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Bringhurst Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB
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