17 Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3ST

17 Birdwood Road is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 3ST). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90).

Held since March 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £590,000 sits 774.1% above the 1997 sale of £67,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 79.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 89 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 31 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs).