8 Gorse Lane, Syston, Leicester, LE7 1YL

8 Gorse Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Syston, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 1YL). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in September 2010. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 sits 58.3% above the 2010 sale of £132,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 35.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.