39 Dovedale Road, Leicester, LE2 2DN

39 Dovedale Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Leicester (LE2 2DN). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £563,000 sits 127.9% above the 2013 sale of £247,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 46.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in June 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.