5 Orchard Close, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JH
About 5 Orchard Close
5 Orchard Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4JH). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 36.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 110 m² it's 17.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 3 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold May 2023 for £453,100. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Garagedouble
Building
- Heating systemoil
Energy performance
5 Orchard Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Walnut - Remove lower branches overhanging boundary
- Agent
- Town & Country Tree Surgery
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/1031/TTCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£453,100
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 May 2023Most recent
£453,100
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 4JH: £399,950 (2024–1995).
Everything we know about 5 Orchard Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Orchard Close homes
5 Orchard Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,119
Street avg £3,401
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 7.6 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
0.5 km
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB