79 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
About 79 Blinco Grove
79 Blinco Grove is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 7TX). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1997–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,028,000 is 16.4% below the 2025 sale of £1,230,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£834/sq ft) was about 185.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £1,230,000 in July 2025. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 137 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (115 m² median across 23 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Jun 2026
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 13 June 2026
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Planning history
79 Blinco Grove has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
3 applications on record at 79 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
- Aug 2011ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey extension to the rear of the property.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/0679/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2021Decision
- ExtensionMar 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 79 Blinco Grove was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,028,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 28 years.
£1,230,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
30 July 2025Most recent
£1,230,000
+49.1%over 8 years9 April 2017
£825,000
+83.3%over 9 years26 November 2007
£450,000
+265.9%over 10 years12 August 1997
£123,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 7TX: £850,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CB1 7TX
Versus other Blinco Grove homes
79 Blinco Grove outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,978
Street avg £5,467
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
334/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.0 km
Morley Memorial Primary School. 25 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB







