17a, Cadle Street, Newbold Verdon, Leicester, LE9 9PA

17a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newbold Verdon, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 9PA). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–125 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 31.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 105.5% above the 2007 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 16.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.