14 Ivy Road, Leicester, LE3 0DF

14 Ivy Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE3 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (39–145 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in April 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 50 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 303.1% above the 1999 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 39.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2017. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.