1 Cottage Farm Close, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 2XZ

1 Cottage Farm Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Braunstone, Leicester, Leicester (LE3 2XZ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 sits 57.4% above the 2014 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.