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Get started5 Ambleside is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Barwell, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 8BA). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 is 36.7% above the 2019 sale price. Most recent transfer: February 2019 at £180,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 89 m² it's 26.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 8 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Ambleside has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£246,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 21 years.
£180,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 21 years.
5 Ambleside outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,022
Street avg £2,720
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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5 February 2019Most recent
£180,000
+12.5%over 1 year10 February 2017
£160,000
+39.7%over 1 year25 August 2015
£114,500
+129.2%over 17 years8 May 1998
£49,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE9 8BA: £217,000 (2023–2019).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
LE9 8JW
Chesterfield Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Newlands Community Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB
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