5 Grapevine Cottages, Boxworth, Cambridge, CB23 4NG
About 5 Grapevine Cottages
5 Grapevine Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4NG). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 103), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in September 2003. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 sits 119.3% above the 2003 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 29.7% below the postcode norm. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
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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
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Parkingoff_street
- Summer houseYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Sept 2025OutbuildingFullIn report
Construction of a secure timber-framed single storey outbuilding with a lean-to roof.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/02961/HFUL
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Sales history & valuation
5 Grapevine Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£329,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 September 2003Most recent
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 4NG: £205,000 (2020–2003).
Nearby sales in CB23 4NG
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB