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About Basement Flat
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Basement Flat is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 7AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in November 2002. At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (35 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 sits 58.8% above the 2002 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 43.9% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jan 2024
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
3.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Basement Flat valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£397,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2002)
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Cherry Hinton Road homes
Four headline reads against 19 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Basement Flat outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,205
Street avg £20,549
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 42 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB1 7AJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 27 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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