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About The Barn
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Barn is a detached house in Sapcote, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 4FE). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 29.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 92.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 19 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. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold February 2023 for £825,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
The Barn sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F24
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
19.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against The Barn, Cooks Lane, Sapcote, Leicester, LE9 4FE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
The Barn has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- May 2024Tree WorksFullGranted
Retention of removal of an overgrown Leylandii hedge and 2m chainlink fence and replaced with Native, Evergreen Hedgerow consisting of Wild Privet, English Yew and English Holly in front of a 1.8m timber panel fence.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The Barn valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£848,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 29.1% per year over 2 years.
Last sold (2023)
£825,000
Growth on file: 29.1% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Cooks Lane homes
Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for The Barn runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,750
Street avg £2,410
Floor Area
220 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LE9 4FE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Everything within walking distance
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