1 Avonside Drive, Leicester, LE5 4LA
About 1 Avonside Drive
1 Avonside Drive is a semi-detached house in Leicester (LE5 4LA). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2025) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 81 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
1 Avonside Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (50 kWp) installed
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Planning history
1 Avonside Drive has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 1 Avonside Drive, Leicester, LE5 4LA
- Sept 2015ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE OF HOUSE (CLASS C3)
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 20151460
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Sales history & valuation
1 Avonside Drive has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 4LA: £185,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in LE5 4LA
Versus other Avonside Drive homes
EPC Rating for 1 Avonside Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
87 (B)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
Devon Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy. 50 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB