5 Hinton Avenue, Cambridge, CB1 7AR

5 Hinton Avenue is a detached house in Cambridge (CB1 7AR). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

Sale prices here have outpaced Cambridge HPI: 19.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£831/sq ft) was about 73.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an annexe, tree works, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold June 2021 for £1,440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.