8 Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WF
About 8 Ashby Road
8 Ashby Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Gaddesby, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 4WF). It has a recorded floor area of 264 m² (around 2842 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 264 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £806,000 is 15.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £700,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
8 Ashby Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Ashby Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Ashby Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£806,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£700,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 April 2021Most recent
£700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 4WF: £325,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in LE7 4WF
14 Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WF
Sold Nov 2024
£525,0003 Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WF
Sold Dec 2022
£290,0005 Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WF
Sold Sept 2022
£325,0006 Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WF
Sold Sept 2022
£590,00012 Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, LE7 4WF
Sold May 2021
£240,000
Everything we know about 8 Ashby Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Ashby Road homes
Floor Area for 8 Ashby Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,652
Street avg £3,537
Floor Area
264 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.3 km
Main Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Gaddesby Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB