5 Castle Road, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, LE9 2AB

5 Castle Road is a semi-detached house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 2AB). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft). At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–136 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 10.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £345,000 is 72.4% below the 2021 sale of £1,250,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,903/sq ft) was about 1794.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 90% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.