73 Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester, LE2 9PH
About 73 Grange Drive
73 Grange Drive is a semi-detached house in Glen Parva, Leicester, Leicester (LE2 9PH). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold December 2022 for £275,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 35.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
73 Grange Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Nov 2024
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Planning history
73 Grange Drive has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 73 Grange Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£294,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 19 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
21 December 2022Most recent
£275,000
+30.0%over 4 years1 October 2018
£211,500
20 September 2018
£212,500
+56.3%over 5 years25 January 2013
£136,000
+16.2%over 9 years3 July 2003
£117,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE2 9PH: £192,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in LE2 9PH
27 Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester, LE2 9PH
Sold Nov 2022
£192,00061 Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester, LE2 9PH
Sold Jun 2019
£220,00049 Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester, LE2 9PH
Sold Jan 2019
£257,50071 Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester, LE2 9PH
Sold Dec 2018
£155,0001a, Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester, LE2 9PH
Sold Oct 2018
£165,000
Versus other Grange Drive homes
Years Held for 73 Grange Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,083
Street avg £1,901
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Featherstone Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Glen Hills Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB







