9 The Covert, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DW

9 The Covert is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Comberton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 7DW). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Held since November 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £339,000 sits 105.5% above the 2008 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 37.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 110 m² it's 16.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 6 EPCs).