26 Birch Trees Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5AW

26 Birch Trees Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 5AW). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 25th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–125 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 36 units on file.

Held since June 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 61.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 sits 142% above the 2000 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 33.1% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).