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

32 Birch Trees Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 5AW). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2018) 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 October 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 54 m² this is the 13th 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 February 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £238,000 sits 57.6% above the 2011 sale of £151,000. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).