1b, Beech Drive, Leicester, LE3 3DB

1b is a semi-detached house in Leicester (LE3 3DB). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2012-2021. At 52 m² this is the 6th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2019. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 52 m² it's 29.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 25 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 47.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.