Detached 2 sales on record

3 MEDHURST CLOSE

WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WF

£330,000

Location

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Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type	Name	Distance
Shop	The Co-operative Travel	0.1 miles
Bus stop	Hubbard Close	0.2 miles
Train station	Narborough	1.5 miles
Hospital	Stewart House	2.3 miles
University	University of Leicester	4.5 miles

Property details

Tenure

Freehold

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

82 m²

EPC rating

Year built

England and Wales: 1991-1995

Last sold

£330,000 Jan 2026

Price per m²

£4,024/m²

Local average

£431,202 (53 sales)

Street crime

74 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

Current rating: C

Potential rating: C

Inspection date: 04/08/2025

Expiry date: 03/08/2035

Current heating cost: £854/year

Potential heating cost: £781/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £16,500

Recommendations

Floor insulation (solid floor) (£5,000 - £10,000)
Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£8,000 - £10,000)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Price history

Event	Date	Price	Type	% change	Today’s value (HPI)	Action
Sold	30/01/2026	£330,000	Detached	+331.7%	£324,078 to April 2026	View transaction
Sold	30/06/1995	£76,450	Detached	—	£402,691 to April 2026	View transaction

Historic listings

Listing and sale events only where we matched the listing page to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

Event	Date	Price
sold	01/01/2026	£330,000
listed	08/07/2025	£340,000
sold	01/01/1995	£76,450

Photos · Open listing

Sold comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Land Registry Price Paid Data.

Address	Price	Date	Type
1 BODICOAT CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6ZN	£445,000	23/10/2025	Detached
3 CHARLES WAY, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WA	£470,000	14/12/2023	Detached
29 COALES AVENUE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WB	£322,500	29/09/2023	Detached
21 FRANKLIN WAY, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QY	£420,000	30/08/2023	Detached
18 ELLIOT CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QX	£470,000	04/10/2022	Detached
8 UPEX CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QU	£400,000	19/07/2022	Detached
16 HUBBARD CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6XT	£270,000	16/05/2022	Detached
9 MEDHURST CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WF	£376,000	29/04/2022	Detached
9 MAWBY CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6XA	£335,000	31/03/2022	Detached
5 WAKELING CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QT	£525,000	23/02/2022	Detached
28 FRANKLIN WAY, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QY	£485,000	30/09/2021	Detached
16 HUBBARD CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6XT	£220,000	26/08/2021	Detached
3 BARLEY CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6PF	£505,505	19/08/2021	Detached

Area average: £403,385 (13 sales)

For sale comparables

No active for-sale comparables found within 1 mile for the same bedrooms and property type.

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 5%

10y growth 25.9%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Blaby. Series: Detached. As of April 2026.

1y (index) -0.1%

5y (index) 16.6%

10y (index) 51.1%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Blaby. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £884/mo

Realistic £982/mo

Optimistic £1,080/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Blaby.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Leicester: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.

Title	Rent	Beds	Distance	As seen on
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Flamingo Drive, LE8	£1,350/mo	3	0.3 miles	OpenRent

Average rent: £1,350/mo (1 listing)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.41%

Max investor price (0.8%) £168,750

Target investor price (1%) £135,000

Gross yield 4.9%

Cost-to-rent ratio 20.4×

Monthly cashflow £-110/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term

Cash-on-cash ROI -1.4%

Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

Street-level crime

Category	Count
Violence and sexual offences	37
Anti-social behaviour	20
Criminal damage and arson	8
Vehicle crime	3
Other theft	2
Burglary	1
Drugs	1
Public order	1
Shoplifting	1
Total incidents	74

Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name	Type	Distance	Ofsted
Badgerbrook Primary School	Primary	0.2 miles	Requires improvement — 7 Mar 2024
Countesthorpe Academy	Secondary	0.5 miles	— (Inspected (no overall grade))
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School	Primary	0.9 miles	Requires improvement — 21 Sep 2022
St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone	Primary	0.9 miles	Good — 12 Nov 2023
Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School	Primary	0.9 miles	Good — 23 Jan 2018

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# 3 MEDHURST CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WF

## Property details

- Slug: `1d641d0` (address key hash: `1d641d0d3cdbd044118c7dbb372ec0302d244550`)
- Postcode: LE8 6WF
- Transactions on record: 2

- Tenure: Freehold
- Property type: Detached
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Floor area: 82 m²
- EPC rating: C
- Year built: England and Wales: 1991-1995
- Last sold: £330,000 Jan 2026
- Price per m²: £4,024/m²
- Local average: £431,202 (53 sales)
- Street crime: 74 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

## Latest sale

- Price: £330,000
- Date: 2026-01-30
- Type: D
- Tenure: F

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** C
- **Potential rating:** C
- **Expiry date:** 03/08/2035
- **Current heating cost:** £854/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £16,500

### Recommendations
- W2 (£5,000 - £10,000)
- U (£8,000 - £10,000)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/0541-3053-0208-6545-3200)

## Price history

| Event | Date | Price | Type | % change | Today’s value (HPI) | Transaction |
|-------|------|-------|------|--------|---------------------|-------------|
| Sold | 2026-01-30 | £330,000 | Detached | +331.7% | £324,078 (to April 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/4c1b673f-55f3-d8ea-e063-4704a8c0bf7d) |
| Sold | 1995-06-30 | £76,450 | Detached | — | £402,691 (to April 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/b6fa2748-9691-43cd-a661-0a40a4a5f4e8) |

*Today’s value (HPI): adjusted using published house price index trends for the area and property type; not a valuation of the property today.*

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 3 MEDHURST CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WF | £330,000 | 30/01/2026 | Detached |
| 3 MEDHURST CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WF | £76,450 | 30/06/1995 | Detached |

## Historic listings

Listing activity only where we matched the listing to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

- Matched listing: [164322770](http://87.117.209.195:8080/listings/c8a99d9)

| Event | Date | Price |
|-------|------|-------|
| sold | 2026-01-01 | £330,000 |
| listed | 2025-07-08 | £340,000 |
| sold | 1995-01-01 | £76,450 |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 1 BODICOAT CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6ZN | £445,000 | 23/10/2025 | Detached |
| 3 CHARLES WAY, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WA | £470,000 | 14/12/2023 | Detached |
| 29 COALES AVENUE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WB | £322,500 | 29/09/2023 | Detached |
| 21 FRANKLIN WAY, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QY | £420,000 | 30/08/2023 | Detached |
| 18 ELLIOT CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QX | £470,000 | 04/10/2022 | Detached |
| 8 UPEX CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QU | £400,000 | 19/07/2022 | Detached |
| 16 HUBBARD CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6XT | £270,000 | 16/05/2022 | Detached |
| 9 MEDHURST CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6WF | £376,000 | 29/04/2022 | Detached |
| 9 MAWBY CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6XA | £335,000 | 31/03/2022 | Detached |
| 5 WAKELING CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QT | £525,000 | 23/02/2022 | Detached |
| 28 FRANKLIN WAY, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6QY | £485,000 | 30/09/2021 | Detached |
| 16 HUBBARD CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6XT | £220,000 | 26/08/2021 | Detached |
| 3 BARLEY CLOSE, WHETSTONE, LEICESTER, BLABY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE8 6PF | £505,505 | 19/08/2021 | Detached |

**Area average:** £403,385 (13 sales)

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 5%
- **10y growth:** 25.9%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Blaby; Detached series; as of April 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** -0.1%
- **5y growth (index):** 16.6%
- **10y growth (index):** 51.1%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Blaby). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £884/mo
- **Realistic:** £982/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,080/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Leicester (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Flamingo Drive, LE8 | £1,350/mo | 3 | 0.3 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £1,350/mo (1 listing)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.41% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £168,750
- **Target investor price (1%):** £135,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £1,350/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 4.9%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 20.4×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £-110/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** -1.4%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

## Street-level crime

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Violence and sexual offences | 37 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 20 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| **Total incidents** | **74** |

*Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).*

## Schools nearby

*Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown.*

| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|------|------|----------|--------|
| Badgerbrook Primary School | Primary | 0.2 miles | Requires improvement — 7 Mar 2024 |
| Countesthorpe Academy | Secondary | 0.5 miles | — (Inspected (no overall grade)) |
| Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0.9 miles | Requires improvement — 21 Sep 2022 |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone | Primary | 0.9 miles | Good — 12 Nov 2023 |
| Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School | Primary | 0.9 miles | Good — 23 Jan 2018 |