17 Alliance Court, Hills Avenue, Cambridge, CB1 7XE

17 Alliance Court is a two-bedroom detached house in Cambridge (CB1 7XE). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 70 m² this is the 4th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 63–84 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 66.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £342,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.