7 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
About 7 Blossom Street
7 Blossom Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 2NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £599,000 is 27.4% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 60.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in August 2014.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 May 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
7 Blossom Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 7 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
- Nov 2012ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor extension to provide new bedroom (following demolition of rear bathroom and lean to roof).
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 30 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/0860/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 7 Blossom Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£599,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.1% per year over 19 years.
£470,111
Growth on file: 10.1% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
4 August 2014Most recent
£470,111
+535.3%over 19 years10 June 1995
£74,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 2NQ: £310,000 (2020–2012).
Nearby sales in CB1 2NQ
4 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
Sold Feb 2020
£500,000Flat 2, 17 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
Sold Nov 2015
£275,000Flat 1, 17 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
Sold Nov 2015
£310,00016 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
Sold Oct 2015
£355,0008 Blossom Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NQ
Sold Oct 2012
£93,000
Versus other Blossom Street homes
On habitable rooms, 7 Blossom Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,055
Street avg £3,997
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
1.1 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Matthew's Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB







