18 Dengaine Close, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB23 3UH

18 Dengaine Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Papworth Everard, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 3UH). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in August 2001. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 sits 176% above the 2001 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 34.7% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).