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Get startedMichaelmas Cottage, Leicester Lane, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JJ
4 sales on record
About Michaelmas Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Michaelmas Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Desford, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 9JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 180 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 38 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £500,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Michaelmas Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F30
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
13.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Michaelmas Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£518,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2022)
£500,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Leicester Lane homes
Four headline reads against 38 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Michaelmas Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,778
Street avg £2,253
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 201 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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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
1.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LE9 9JJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 29 points of interest in total.
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