3 Great Common Cottages, Broadway, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TE
About 3 Great Common Cottages
3 Great Common Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2TE). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
A recent sale: £645,000 in February 2025. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£428/sq ft) was about 53.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- ConservatoryYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Garagedetached
Energy performance
3 Great Common Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2023ConditionsIn report
S73 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of ref: 22/04300/HFUL (Replacement detached garage to side) to include provision of home office in roofspace, external stairs and additional rooflights.
- Agent
- NP Architects
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02350/S73
- Feb 2023OutbuildingFullIn report
Replacement detached garage to side.
- Agent
- NP Architects
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/04300/HFUL
What's in 3 Great Common Cottages, Broadway, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Great Common Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£665,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£645,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 February 2025Most recent
£645,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CB23 2TE: £250,000 (2024–1996).
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Versus other Broadway homes
Years Held for 3 Great Common Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,607
Street avg £3,747
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 12.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Vine Inter-Church Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB