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5, Benskyn Close, Leicester is described in the public record as a mid-century house with 1,130 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 274 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester is £453,989 and its rental estimate is £1,374 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Benskyn Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 falls within the LE8 postal district, in the borough of Blaby.
5, Benskyn Close, Leicester has no recent1 records in the the Land Registry and a single entry in the EPC database dated July 2017.
We combine this information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, we estimate a market value of £476,688 and a rental value of £1,442 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £422,210 and £1,277 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester has seen its estimated sale value fall by £1,993 (0.4%) and its estimated rental value move up by £35 per month (2.6%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.6%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester as measuring 274 m2.
That makes it the 28th largest plot in the postcode, where all 35 other houses have recorded plot data.
5, Benskyn Close, Leicester has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of E. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 07 Jul 2017.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester completed on 5th September 2001 at £131,500 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester have sold within a radius of 840 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 29th November 2024, was 42, Cosby Road, Leicester, LE8 5PE, a freehold house which sold for £365,000.
Read more about house prices in LE8.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 35 addresses on Benskyn Close, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8, 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester comes out as the 33rd largest and the 22nd most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £125k more expensive than the average property across the LE8 district.
From 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, the nearest station is South Wigston, 3.2 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches ultrafast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Ultrafast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, 46.6% of property is privately owned outright and 42.9% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, 19.9% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 37.5% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, the average age was 43.2 and the most common age was 52.
The graph below shows how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, 2.6% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 5, Benskyn Close, Leicester, there are an average of 2.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales.
