1a, Flat 1, Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 0LE

1a is a mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE3 0LE). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).

Held since December 1998 — that's 27 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. At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 sits 178.2% above the 1998 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 84.2% below the postcode norm.