Chestnut Cottage, Gullet Lane, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, LE9 2BL

Chestnut Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 2BL). It has a recorded floor area of 306 m² (around 3294 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 1.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,121,000 is 31.9% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 20.5% below the postcode norm. At 306 m² the property is well over the postcode median (159 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (March 2013).