16a, High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BG

16a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 3BG). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in July 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 34 m² this is the 7th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–174 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 31 units on file.

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£437/sq ft) was about 82.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £160,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.