Flat, 45 Stoneygate Road, Leicester, LE2 2BP

Flat is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE2 2BP). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 53 m² this is the 20th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–275 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

Held since March 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 sits 480.4% above the 1997 sale of £25,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 68.4% below the postcode norm. At 53 m² it's 17.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 30 EPCs).