48 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG
About 48 Main Street
48 Main Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Barkby, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 3QG). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2605 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory, a self-contained annexe and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 24 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £787,000 is 34.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 20.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in August 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
Know exactly what you're buying at 48 Main Street
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
- LoftYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
48 Main Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 May 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
48 Main Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2001ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of first floor extension to outbuildings at rear of detached house for a hobbies room
- Council
- South
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- P/01/0594/2
What's in 48 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
48 Main Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£787,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£585,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 August 2017Most recent
£585,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 3QG: £190,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in LE7 3QG
13 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG
Sold Aug 2024
£190,00031 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG
Sold Apr 2024
£350,00038 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG
Sold Dec 2023
£432,50011 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG
Sold Feb 2021
£153,00049 Main Street, Barkby, Leicester, LE7 3QG
Sold Apr 2017
£650,000
Everything we know about 48 Main Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Main Street homes
CO₂ Emissions for 48 Main Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,417
Street avg £2,292
Floor Area
242 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Malt Shovel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
The Pochin School. 12 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB