5 Chapel Lane, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WB

5 Chapel Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Gaddesby, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 4WB). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since December 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £472,000 sits 543.6% above the 1995 sale of £73,333. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 75% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs).