18 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
About 18 Beechings Close
18 Beechings Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Countesthorpe, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 5PA). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 129.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £420,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
18 Beechings Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
18 Beechings Close has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at 18 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
- Oct 2018ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/1093/HH
- More recent applications — locked
- PorchFeb 2020Decision
- AmendmentJan 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£451,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.1% per year over 7 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 10.1% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
3 April 2022Most recent
£420,000
+90.9%over 6 years16 July 2015
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 5PA: £330,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in LE8 5PA
9 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
Sold Sept 2025
£280,00022 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
Sold Jan 2024
£291,00027 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
Sold Oct 2023
£330,00024 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
Sold Sept 2023
£335,0008 Beechings Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5PA
Sold Mar 2023
£345,000
Versus other Beechings Close homes
Price per m² for 18 Beechings Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,652
Street avg £2,410
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.5 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Westfield Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Countesthorpe Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB







