Apartment 2, 5 Shipton Road, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1PJ

Apartment 2 is a detached house in Hamilton, Leicester, Leicester (LE5 1PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. At 55 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–56 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 55 m² it's 25.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 is 13.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 29.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.