# 3 bedroom detached bungalow for sale (LE5 6PW)

## Property Details

| Key | Value |
|-----|-------|
| Address | 68 WELLAND VALE ROAD, LEICESTER, LEICESTER LE5 6PW |
| Price | £350,000 |
| Bedrooms | 3 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Council tax | D |
| Floor area | 80 m² |
| Last sold | £333,000 Nov 2024 |

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** D
- **Potential rating:** C
- **Expiry date:** 27/05/2034
- **Current heating cost:** £1,223/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £11,263

### Recommendations
- W1 (£800 - £1,200)
- C (£15 - £30)
- E (£40)
- F (£200 - £400)
- G (£350 - £450)
- N (£4,000 - £6,000)
- U (£3,500 - £5,500)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/8534-0425-2300-0248-8226)

## Description

Positioned on a particularly deep plot, a spacious three bedroom detached bungalow, conveniently located just off Downing Drive.

**Location** - The property is located just off Downing Drive within Evington village, where there is a good range of shopping facilities, excellent schooling and frequent bus services into the city centre with its professional quarters and mainline railway station.

**Accommodation** - The property is entered via recessed porch with a single glazed door into a reception hall housing a useful cloaks cupboard. The sitting room has a bay window to the front elevation, a gas fire with marble hearth and back, painted surround and two further windows to the side elevation. The breakfast kitchen has a range of white eye and base level units and drawers, preparation surfaces, a polycarbonate one and a quarter bowl sink with mixer tap above, a Creda double oven, four-ring electric hob with extractor unit above, a Hotpoint washing machine and a Beko fridge-freezer. A side lobby with doors to front and rear elevations houses a boiler cupboard with a Vaillant wall mounted boiler. 

The master bedroom has built-in wardrobes with cupboards above, matching bedside units and a window to the front elevation. Bedroom two has a window to the side and built-in wardrobes. Bedroom three has concertina glazed doors leading to a conservatory of brick and uPVC construction with double doors to the side elevation. A shower room with electric underfloor heating and a window to the rear provides white two piece suite comprising an inset wash hand basin with cupboards under, a corner shower cubicle, a chrome heated towel rail and houses the built-in airing cupboard with immersion heater. A separate WC provides a low flush WC.

**Outside** - To the front of the property are lawned and planted gardens behind a low level brick wall and a tarmac driveway providing ample car standing space. To the rear of the property are deep gardens, predominantly laid to lawn with paved patio areas and planted borders.

**Tenure & Council Tax** - Tenure: Freehold

Local Authority: City Council 

Tax Band: D

**Other Information** - Conservation Area: No

Services: Offered to the market with all mains services and gas-fired central heating.

Broadband delivered to the property: None

Wayleaves, Rights of Way & Covenants: None known

Flooding issues in the last 5 years: None known

Accessibility issues: None known

Planning issues: None known

## Property Photos

- ![Front](/listings/photos/148887983/1256764) - Front
- ![Kitchen](/listings/photos/148887983/1256765) - Kitchen
- ![Sitting Room](/listings/photos/148887983/1256769) - Sitting Room
- ![Rear](/listings/photos/148887983/1256771) - Rear
- ![Hallway](/listings/photos/148887983/1256780) - Hallway
- ![Bedroom](/listings/photos/148887983/1256790) - Bedroom
- ![Conservatory](/listings/photos/148887983/1256801) - Conservatory
- ![Bedroom](/listings/photos/148887983/1256813) - Bedroom
- ![Bedroom](/listings/photos/148887983/1256818) - Bedroom
- ![Shower Room](/listings/photos/148887983/1256821) - Shower Room
- ![WC](/listings/photos/148887983/1256825) - WC
- ![Garden](/listings/photos/148887983/1256833) - Garden

## Floorplans

- ![FLOORPLAN.jpg](/listings/photos/148887983/1256839) - FLOORPLAN.jpg

## EPC Graphs

- ![EE Rating](/listings/photos/148887983/1256841) - EE Rating

## Sales History

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

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 68 WELLAND VALE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6PW | £333,000 | 15/11/2024 | Detached |

## Sold Comparables

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

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 3 ALCESTER DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE5 6LB | £233,000 | 30/10/2025 | Detached |
| 17 WOODNEWTON DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE5 6NL | £420,000 | 15/12/2023 | Detached |
| 587 UPPINGHAM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6QA | £450,000 | 23/10/2023 | Detached |
| [Same street] 18 WELLAND VALE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6PW | £413,000 | 11/10/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 1 KINGSBURY AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE5 6ND | £315,000 | 17/08/2023 | Detached |
| 11 WOODNEWTON DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE5 6NL | £412,000 | 14/07/2023 | Detached |
| 18 SPENCEFIELD LANE, LEICESTER, LE5 6PS | £300,000 | 03/11/2022 | Detached |
| [Same street] 26 WELLAND VALE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6PW | £400,000 | 27/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 14 CHORLEY WOOD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6LE | £400,000 | 07/09/2022 | Detached |
| 5 ROGERSTONE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6NE | £242,000 | 30/07/2022 | Detached |
| 21 CHORLEY WOOD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6LE | £410,000 | 07/07/2022 | Detached |
| 14 BATHURST ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6LD | £385,000 | 28/06/2022 | Detached |
| [Same street] 8 WELLAND VALE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6PW | £385,000 | 21/04/2022 | Detached |
| 14 BATHURST ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6LD | £400,000 | 17/03/2022 | Detached |
| 21 CHORLEY WOOD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6LE | £385,000 | 27/01/2022 | Detached |
| 44 SEDGEBROOK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6NF | £460,000 | 24/01/2022 | Detached |
| 7 FRINTON AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE5 6PN | £425,000 | 13/12/2021 | Detached |
| 2 DAWLISH CLOSE, LEICESTER, LE5 6PE | £305,000 | 15/10/2021 | Detached |
| 607 UPPINGHAM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6QA | £390,000 | 30/09/2021 | Detached |
| 8 CHORLEY WOOD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 6LE | £330,150 | 30/07/2021 | Detached |

**Street average:** £399,333 (3 sales)
**Area average:** £368,362 (17 sales)

## Price vs local average

*Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).*

- **Local average:** £375,500 (20 Detached, LE5, 2024–2026)
- **Deviation:** -6.8%

## Rental Range

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

- **Low:** £922/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,024/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,126/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

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

- **LHA floor (this property size):** £773/mo

## 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, Fulbeck Avenue, LE5 | £1,050/mo | 3 | 0.14 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hanbury Road Short Term Rental, LE5 | £3,750/mo | 3 | 0.21 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Detached House, Newhaven Road, LE5 | £1,400/mo | 3 | 0.49 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £2,067/mo (3 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.4% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £175,000
- **Target investor price (1%):** £140,000

*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 £1,400/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 4.8%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 20.8×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £-143/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** -1.7%

*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).*

## Price per Square Metre

- **£/m²:** £4,375/m²

## Capital growth trend

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

- **5y growth:** -10.3%
- **10y growth:** 17.3%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

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

- **1y growth (index):** 3.1%
- **5y growth (index):** 18.9%
- **10y growth (index):** 63.4%

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 2
- **Risk:** In flood risk area
- **Source:** Environment Agency Flood Risk Areas (APSFR)

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