31 Grafton Street, Cambridge, CB1 1DS
About 31 Grafton Street
31 Grafton Street is a mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 1DS). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
A recent sale: £705,000 in March 2025. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 95 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 32 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£689/sq ft) was about 72.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
31 Grafton Street has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 31 Grafton Street, Cambridge, CB1 1DS
- Jul 2020Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Conifer, Remove.
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/1399/TTCA
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2020Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 31 Grafton Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£700,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 28 years.
£705,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
27 March 2025Most recent
£705,000
29 April 2021
£705,000
+403.6%over 23 years20 July 1997
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 1DS: £737,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB1 1DS
Versus other Grafton Street homes
31 Grafton Street is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£7,421
Street avg £5,959
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Matthew's Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB