14 Chapel Close, Houghton On The Hill, Leicester, LE7 9HT

14 Chapel Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Houghton-On-The-Hill, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 9HT). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 216 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 20.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £597,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.