Apartment 9, 20 Kepwick Road, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1NZ

Apartment 9 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hamilton, Leicester, Leicester (LE5 1NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. At 55 m² this is the 7th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–55 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 55 m² it's 22.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 52 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 is 24% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £104,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.