53a, Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6AU

53a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE3 6AU). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. At 51 m² this is the 32nd smallest of 44 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 44 units on file.

At 51 m² the property is well over the postcode median (33 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £107,000 is 37.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 34.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £78,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.