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Get started1 Drovers Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Desford, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 9DW). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 sits 66.5% above the 2012 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 21.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. At 127 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (150 m² median across 16 EPCs).
1 Drovers Way's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Oct 2025
1 Drovers Way valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£408,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 10 years.
£245,000
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 10 years.
Habitable Rooms for 1 Drovers Way lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,929
Street avg £1,972
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 156 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

29 May 2012Most recent
£245,000
+36.1%over 10 years28 March 2002
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE9 9DW: £535,000 (2024–2018).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
LE9 9FB
Bosworth College — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bosworth Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB
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