Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Home Farm, The Cottage, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ
Property type
Mid terrace
Habitable rooms
2
From EPC
Floor area
72 m²
775 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 54
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Home Farm
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Home Farm is a mid-terrace house in Peatling Magna, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 5UQ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 72 m² it's 28.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Home Farm sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Current Certificate(1 of 3)
Sept 2024
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 14 September 2034
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Feb 2012from Jul 2009
EPC improved fromD62toE50
Sept 2024from Feb 2012
Low Energy Lighting
0%83%
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
Victorian-eraMid-Terrace HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildSolid (non-cavity) walls
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Home Farm, The Cottage, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Home Farm has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Home Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£241,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 5UQ: £685,000 (2026–2021).
Nearby sales in LE8 5UQ
Ballardie, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ
Sold Apr 2026
£685,000Oak Tree House, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ
Sold Sept 2025
£1,150,000Bromley House, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ
Sold Jan 2022
£750,000Charnwood, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ
Sold Jun 2021
£346,000The Willows, Main Street, Peatling Magna, Leicester, LE8 5UQ
Sold Mar 2021
£310,000
Versus other Main Street homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On habitable rooms, Home Farm runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 70 (C)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 159 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Leicester district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
170/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.4 km
St Peters Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Arnesby Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LE8 5UQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
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