12 Brent Knowle Gardens, Leicester, LE5 2GA

12 Brent Knowle Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Leicester (LE5 2GA). It has a recorded floor area of 186 m² (around 2002 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 186 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 sits 165.3% above the 2021 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 47.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £150,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.