8, Western Drive
8, Western Drive
Description & Estimates
8, Western Drive, Leicester appears in the public record as a freehold house sitting on a 404 m2 plot.
By comparing it to nearby properties, we estimate it to be an early-century house with 923 ft2 of internal area and a garden.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms.
Our estimate of the sale value of 8, Western Drive, Leicester is £256,722 and its rental estimate is £1,140 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Western Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 falls within the LE8 postal district, in the borough of Blaby.
Our Data Sources
8, Western Drive, Leicester has a single entry in the Land Registry from November 2007 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
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 8, Western Drive, Leicester, we estimate a market value of £269,558 and a rental value of £1,197 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £238,751 and £1,060 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, 8, Western Drive, Leicester has seen its estimated sale value decline by £1,127 (0.4%) and its estimated rental value climb by £29 per month (2.6%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.3%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 8, Western Drive, Leicester as measuring 404 m2.
That makes it the 10th largest plot in the postcode, where 30 of the 40 other houses have recorded plot data.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of 8, Western Drive, Leicester completed on 5th November 2007 at £139,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 76.6% over the period since November 2007.
- Sold Nov 2007£139,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 8, Western Drive, Leicester have sold within a radius of 600 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 3rd June 2024, was 56, Willow Road, Leicester, LE8 4BF, a freehold house which sold for £195,000.
Read more about house prices in LE8.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 44 addresses on Western Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8, 8, Western Drive, Leicester comes out as the 22nd largest and the 21st most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £72k less expensive than the average property across the LE8 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 300mBlaby Thistly Meadow Primary School
- 500mBlaby Stokes Church of England Primary School
- 1.0kmSt Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone
- 1.5kmCountesthorpe Academy
- 2.1kmSouth Wigston High School
- 3.3kmWigston College
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Public Transport Nearby
From 8, Western Drive, Leicester, the nearest station is South Wigston, 2.5 kilometres away.
- 2.5kmSouth Wigston
- 2.7kmNarborough
- 7.4kmLeicester
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches ultrafast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Ultrafast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
