1 Cowper Road, Cambridge, CB1 3SL

1 Cowper Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 3SL). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 55 m² this is the 5th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–135 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor.

Sale prices here have outpaced Cambridge HPI: 1.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£552/sq ft) was about 69.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 55 m² it's 26.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 31 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 84% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £327,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.