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Get started18 Croft Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Cosby, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 1SE). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £653,000 is 28% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2020 for £510,000.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Single storey · Rear of property
18 Croft Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£653,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 22 years.
£510,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 22 years.
Floor Area for 18 Croft Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,018
Street avg £2,600
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Single storey rear extension (including demolition of existing conservatory)
7 October 2020Most recent
£510,000
+363.6%over 22 years22 June 1998
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE9 1SE: £285,000 (2024–2023).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
LE9 1UR
The Nook — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Cosby Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB
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