5 Cardinal Close, Ratby, Leicester, LE6 0NS

5 Cardinal Close is a semi-detached house in Ratby, Leicester, Leicester (LE6 0NS). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1996 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £307,000 sits 412.1% above the 1996 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 70.3% below the postcode norm.