3 Orchard Terrace, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4LU

3 Orchard Terrace is a four-bedroom detached house in Whittlesford, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 4LU). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£518/sq ft) was about 64.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £820,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.