12 Thistle Close, Cropston, Leicester, LE7 7HP

12 Thistle Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Cropston, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 7HP). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 9 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. Today's modelled estimate of £443,000 sits 52.8% above the 2011 sale of £290,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 18.3% below the postcode norm. 15 years since the last transfer (November 2011).