1 Tilers Cottage, Main Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DL
About 1 Tilers Cottage
1 Tilers Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Burton Overy, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 9DL). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 10 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. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 is 36.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 22.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £169,002 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Tilers Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
1 Tilers Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£230,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£169,002
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 May 2022Most recent
£169,002
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 9DL: £465,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in LE8 9DL
Wakerley Cottages, Main Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DL
Sold Mar 2025
£220,000Bumble Bee Cottage, Main Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DL
Sold Mar 2025
£465,000Overton Cottage, Main Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DL
Sold Aug 2024
£925,000Caringa, Main Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DL
Sold Apr 2023
£540,0002 Main Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DL
Sold Apr 2022
£255,000
Versus other Main Street homes
1 Tilers Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,250
Street avg £3,941
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
1.6 km
Mayns Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Great Glen St Cuthbert's 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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







