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Get started27 Forest Road is a semi-detached house in Huncote, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 3BH). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2021); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
27 Forest Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
27 Forest Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
27 Forest Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£235,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On epc rating, 27 Forest Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension to form conservatory
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE9 3BH: £245,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
LE9 3AT
Brook Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Huncote Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB