Church Cottage, Chapel Lane, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WA
About Church Cottage
Church Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Tugby, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 9WA). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £325,000 is 11.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 94.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £292,000 in June 2021. 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
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
Church Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Church Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£325,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.4% per year over 5 years.
£292,000
Growth on file: -0.4% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
14 June 2021Most recent
£292,000
-2.0%over 4 years16 October 2016
£298,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 9WA: £148,500 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in LE7 9WA
3 Chapel Cottage, Chapel Lane, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WA
Sold Nov 2022
£143,0002 Chapel Cottage, Chapel Lane, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WA
Sold Aug 2022
£215,0001 Chapel Cottage, Chapel Lane, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WA
Sold Mar 2020
£187,500The Old Bakehouse, Chapel Lane, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WA
Sold Jan 2014
£245,000Highcroft, Chapel Lane, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WA
Sold Oct 2000
£295,000
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Versus other Chapel Lane homes
Price per m² for Church Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,435
Street avg £2,036
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 8.9 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
Wood Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Tugby Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB