7 Laithwaite Close, Leicester LE4 1BX

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1991-1995 · 48 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

EB for £11,225 · £3,742 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£812.8 yrs+3.7 pts
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£3363.0 yrs+15.2 pts · reaches D
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£1363.7 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15828.5 yrs+7.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£17129.3 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£13237.8 yrs+6.0 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,872
per year at grade E
£857
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £883 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £11,225.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,130 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 September 2017£78,000
18 December 2009£69,000
7 November 2003£57,000
2 November 1998£24,650
10 February 1995£23,500

Estimated today: £114,018 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Laithwaite Close: 123 sales since 1995 · £124,896 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Beaumont Lodge Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Heatherbrook Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Mowmacre Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Babington AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.80 · well below average (2023/24)
Beaumont Leys SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
The Martin High School AnsteySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.62 · well below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

14.7
crimes a month
162
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01013616, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Laithwaite Close

How this home sits against its street.

52
graded homes
61.7
average score
D
most common grade
-16.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.