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Get started26 Leighton Crescent is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Elmesthorpe, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 7SF). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £325,000 is 31% above the 2019 sale price. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £248,000 in February 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
26 Leighton Crescent has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Price for 26 Leighton Crescent has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£325,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 24 years.
£248,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 24 years.
26 Leighton Crescent is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,214
Street avg £2,608
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Bridlepath Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension to form conservatory
21 February 2019Most recent
£248,000
+63.2%over 15 years15 December 2003
£151,950
+197.9%over 7 years2 February 1996
£51,000
-3.8%over 10 months31 March 1995
£53,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE9 7SF: £240,000 (2024–2021).
24 Leighton Crescent Elmesthorpe Leicester
Sold Jun 2024
12 Leighton Crescent Elmesthorpe Leicester
Sold Jan 2023
27 Leighton Crescent Elmesthorpe Leicester
Sold Jun 2021
18 Leighton Crescent Elmesthorpe Leicester
Sold Mar 2021
1 Leighton Crescent Elmesthorpe Leicester
Sold Feb 2021
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
LE9 7AE
Closest school
1.2 km
Townlands Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB
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