25 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
About 25 Riddy Lane
25 Riddy Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2SP). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 15.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenfront_and_rear
- Parkingoff_street
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 25 Riddy Lane.
- Feb 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two Storey Side Extension
- Agent
- Baker
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2040/11
What's in 25 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
25 Riddy Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2006.
£466,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 15 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£450,000
+150.0%over 12 years19 June 2008
£180,000
+5.9%over 2 years6 June 2006
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 2SP: £400,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in CB23 2SP
30 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold May 2021
£1,225,00044 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold May 2018
£400,00019 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold Oct 2017
£331,15021 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold Oct 2016
£325,00028a, Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold Jun 2016
£650,000
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Versus other Riddy Lane homes
Years Held for 25 Riddy Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,488
Street avg £3,517
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bourn CofE Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB