Hamilton Court, Apartment 2, 1 Heritage Way, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1QF

Hamilton Court is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hamilton, Leicester, Leicester (LE5 1QF). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 65 m² this is the 10th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in Hamilton Court, where floor areas span 37–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 65 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 54 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -0.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 is 47.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 30.2% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £77,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.