4 Egerton Houses, South Knighton Road, Leicester, LE2 3LR
About 4 Egerton Houses
4 Egerton Houses is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE2 3LR). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).
Held since October 1996 — that's 30 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 £185,000 sits 406.8% above the 1996 sale of £36,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 68.6% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 27.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (43 m² median across 4 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 Egerton Houses has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
9 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
4 Egerton Houses's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£185,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£36,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 October 1996Most recent
£36,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE2 3LR: £105,000 (2020–2014).
Nearby sales in LE2 3LR
3 Egerton Houses, South Knighton Road, Leicester, LE2 3LR
Sold Feb 2020
£140,0002 Egerton Houses, South Knighton Road, Leicester, LE2 3LR
Sold Apr 2016
£105,0005 Egerton Houses, South Knighton Road, Leicester, LE2 3LR
Sold Feb 2014
£93,0001 Egerton Houses, South Knighton Road, Leicester, LE2 3LR
Sold Nov 2000
£58,000
Versus other South Knighton Road homes
4 Egerton Houses is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£664
Street avg £2,335
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 43 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Shanklin Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy. 42 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB







