17 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
About 17 Hawthorn Drive
17 Hawthorn Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Blaby, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 4AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 36.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at 17 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
- Mar 2009DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension (to include demolition of existing garage)
Extension- Reference
- 09/0046/1/PX
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Hawthorn Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 May 2022Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 4AJ: £260,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in LE8 4AJ
5 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Dec 2022
£260,00020 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Nov 2022
£290,00016 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Sept 2021
£255,00010 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Jul 2021
£210,50028 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Apr 2020
£260,000
Versus other Hawthorn Drive homes
On floor area, 17 Hawthorn Drive stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,759
Street avg £2,358
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ripon Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB







