40 Wood Hill, Leicester, LE5 3SP
About 40 Wood Hill
40 Wood Hill is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE5 3SP). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 45 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 40% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 42.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £160,000 in April 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
40 Wood Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
40 Wood Hill has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£224,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 17 years.
£160,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
11 April 2019Most recent
£160,000
+146.3%over 16 years9 May 2002
£64,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 3SP: £175,000 (2023–2017).
Versus other Wood Hill homes
CO₂ Emissions for 40 Wood Hill lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,468
Street avg £1,599
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Mere Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy. 55 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB