8 Blackthorn Lane, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4FA

8 Blackthorn Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Oadby, Leicester, Leicester (LE2 4FA). It has a recorded floor area of 739 m² (around 7955 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (July 2016) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good.

It hasn't traded since August 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 739 m² the property is well over the postcode median (213 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £1,165,000 sits 94.2% above the 2010 sale of £600,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 70.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.