22 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
About 22 Hawthorn Drive
22 Hawthorn Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blaby, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 4AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 458 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since December 2010, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 sits 59.1% above the 2010 sale of £149,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 76.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
22 Hawthorn Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 22 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
- Jul 2019Garage ConversionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of porch, garage conversion and single storey rear extension
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/0683/HH
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Sales history & valuation
22 Hawthorn Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£237,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 8 years.
£149,000
Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
17 December 2010Most recent
£149,000
+14.6%over 7 years22 May 2003
£130,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 4AJ: £260,000 (2022–2021).
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
£290,00017 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold May 2022
£320,00016 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Sept 2021
£255,00010 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ
Sold Jul 2021
£210,500
Versus other Hawthorn Drive homes
EPC Rating for 22 Hawthorn Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,499
Street avg £2,317
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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







