6 Caudle Close, Cropston, Leicester, LE7 7GF

6 Caudle Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Cropston, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 7GF). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

It hasn't traded since June 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 sits 123.2% above the 2010 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£130/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.