31 Chalmers Road, Cambridge, CB1 3SZ

31 Chalmers Road is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 3SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in October 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £590,000 sits 293.3% above the 2000 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 56.1% below the postcode norm.