Foxes Fields, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG
About Foxes Fields
Foxes Fields is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Illston, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 9EG). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2006. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 89 m² it's 23.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 34 EPCs). Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £275,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
Energy performance
Foxes Fields's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2006
What's in Foxes Fields, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Price for Foxes Fields has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£302,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 23 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
10 January 2022Most recent
£275,000
+343.5%over 23 years30 October 1998
£62,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 9EG: £809,944 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in LE7 9EG
5 Rural Cottages, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG
Sold Jul 2024
£360,000Chestnuts Farm, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG
Sold Feb 2024
£809,944The Acorns, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG
Sold Jun 2023
£880,000Hill Farm, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG
Sold Sept 2022
£1,180,000Middleschool House, Main Street, Illston, Leicester, LE7 9EG
Sold Jun 2022
£240,000
Everything we know about Foxes Fields, 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
Floor Area for Foxes Fields lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,090
Street avg £2,654
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 171 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 9.2 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
0.2 km
Illston Lane — bus stop.
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
43.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB