3 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG
About 3 Meadow Rise
3 Meadow Rise is a detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2TG). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
3 Meadow Rise ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Planning history
3 Meadow Rise has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Simon Ward Architectural Design
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- S/3278/15/FL
What's in 3 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Meadow Rise has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£543,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 2TG: £335,000 (2019–2011).
Nearby sales in CB23 2TG
1 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG
Sold Aug 2019
£405,0005 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG
Sold Aug 2013
£335,0007 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG
Sold Nov 2011
£287,0008 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG
Sold Jan 2011
£535,0004 Meadow Rise, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TG
Sold Jul 2005
£400,000
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Versus other Meadow Rise homes
EPC Rating for 3 Meadow Rise runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 90 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.3 km
Bourn CofE Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB