Flat 1, 8 Birkby Close, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1PS

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hamilton, Leicester, Leicester (LE5 1PS). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. At 78 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (41–78 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 16 units on file. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 82 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 18.1% below the postcode norm. Sold August 2022 for £133,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.