2 Chestnut Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5XE
About 2 Chestnut Close
2 Chestnut Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Countesthorpe, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 5XE). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2014) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels and an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 48.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £625,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Solar panelsYes
- EV chargerYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
2 Chestnut Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Chestnut Close has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 2 Chestnut Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5XE
- Sept 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/1013/HH
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£627,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 8 years.
£625,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
28 September 2022Most recent
£625,000
+52.4%over 7 years12 December 2014
£410,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 5XE: £420,000 (2023–2014).
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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
0.6 km
Countesthorpe Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB







