15 Buckingham Drive, Leicester, LE2 8PY

15 Buckingham Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Leicester (LE2 8PY). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold October 2021 for £215,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 60.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.