20 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
About 20 Hillside
20 Hillside is a four-bedroom detached house in Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 3BL). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1198 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 42). The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in October 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 sits 392.4% above the 1997 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 58.6% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
20 Hillside sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jan 2021
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 11 January 2021
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
1 application on record at 20 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
- Oct 2019OutbuildingFullOutcome in report
Proposed Annexe
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1994/19/FL
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Sales history & valuation
20 Hillside's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£517,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£105,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 October 1997Most recent
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB22 3BL: £565,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CB22 3BL
30 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
Sold Oct 2025
£504,0005 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
Sold Jul 2025
£510,00018 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
Sold Nov 2022
£658,0006 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
Sold Feb 2021
£565,00025 Hillside, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BL
Sold Feb 2021
£740,000
Versus other Hillside homes
CO₂ Emissions for 20 Hillside lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£943
Street avg £2,972
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
82/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.5 km
Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Bellbird Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







