53 Avonside Drive, Leicester, LE5 4LA

53 Avonside Drive is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE5 4LA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 8th smallest of 82 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 82 units on file. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 159% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £123,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.