Cedars Lodge, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD
About Cedars Lodge
Cedars Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Skeffington, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 9YD). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 180 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (234 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £709,000 is 12.1% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £632,500 in September 2020.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageDouble
Building
- Heating systemOil
Energy performance
Cedars Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Cedars Lodge.
- Nov 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01413/FUL
- Sept 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to trees
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01187/TCA
What's in Cedars Lodge, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£709,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£632,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 September 2020Most recent
£632,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 9YD: £750,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in LE7 9YD
Skeffington Hall, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD
Sold Dec 2023
£2,000,000The Grange, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD
Sold Jul 2023
£2,300,000Bringhurst, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD
Sold Dec 2021
£750,000Wood Close, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD
Sold May 2021
£590,0002 Cedar Cottages, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, Leicester, LE7 9YD
Sold Sept 2019
£444,000
Everything we know about Cedars Lodge, 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 Rolleston Road homes
On epc rating, Cedars Lodge runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,514
Street avg £3,044
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 292 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 15.7 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
0.5 km
Main Street — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Billesdon Church of England 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
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB