28 Avonside Drive, Leicester, LE5 4LA
About 28 Avonside Drive
28 Avonside Drive is an end-of-terrace house in Leicester (LE5 4LA). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
At 118 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 bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 is 45.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 65.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2019 at £175,000.
Energy performance
28 Avonside Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
28 Avonside Drive has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
28 Avonside Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 16 years.
£175,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
20 December 2019Most recent
£175,000
+41.7%over 15 years20 May 2004
£123,500
+34.2%30 January 2004
£92,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 4LA: £185,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in LE5 4LA
Versus other Avonside Drive homes
28 Avonside Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,483
Street avg £1,348
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
Devon Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy. 50 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







