1 Oswin Cottages, Town Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DT
About 1 Oswin Cottages
1 Oswin Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Burton Overy, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 9DT). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2023. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2025. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 is 34.6% below the 2021 sale of £350,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£793/sq ft) was about 184.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2022. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 41 m² it's 17.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 8 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Sold June 2021 for £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
1 Oswin Cottages's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
1 application on record at 1 Oswin Cottages, Town Street, Burton Overy, Leicester, LE8 9DT
- Apr 2022SubdivisionFullOutcome in report
Subdivision of dwelling to recreate 3 dwellings
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02032/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£229,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in LE8 9DT: £149,950 (2021–2002).
Versus other Town Street homes
Floor Area for 1 Oswin Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
75 (C)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
41 m²
Street avg 68 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
1.4 km
Mayns Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







