Elm Cottage, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ
About Elm Cottage
Elm Cottage is a detached house in Keyham, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 9JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2713 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in January 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 252 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 11 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 £745,000 sits 282.1% above the 2000 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 72.3% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Elm Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Elm Cottage has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Dec 2017Tree WorksTreesIn report
Work to trees
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01938/TCA
- Jan 2014Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to trees
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/01881/TCA
What's in Elm Cottage, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Elm Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£745,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£195,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 January 2000Most recent
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 9JQ: £552,667 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in LE7 9JQ
Wayside, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ
Sold Jun 2020
£552,667Marlow Cottage, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ
Sold Sept 2019
£330,000Cottage Farm, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ
Sold Jun 2019
£950,000Mayfield Farm, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ
Sold Jan 2016
£745,000The Cottage, Main Street, Keyham, Leicester, LE7 9JQ
Sold Nov 2014
£930,000
Everything we know about Elm Cottage, 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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- Will it hold its value?

Versus other Main Street homes
Elm Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£774
Street avg £2,965
Floor Area
252 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 8.7 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
0.1 km
Snows Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.7 km
Fernvale Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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
36.0dB