5 Cambridge Road, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PJ
About 5 Cambridge Road
5 Cambridge Road is a semi-detached house in Coton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 7PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 86.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £785,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
5 Cambridge Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Cambridge Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Cambridge Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£853,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 25 years.
£785,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£785,000
+133.6%over 17 years18 September 2003
£336,000
+205.5%over 7 years27 August 1996
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 7PJ: £590,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in CB23 7PJ
3a, Cambridge Road, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PJ
Sold Feb 2025
£850,00011 Cambridge Road, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PJ
Sold Jan 2025
£590,0001 Cambridge Road, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PJ
Sold Mar 2021
£850,00014 Cambridge Road, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PJ
Sold Feb 2020
£6,7503 Cambridge Road, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PJ
Sold Jan 2016
£427,500
Everything we know about 5 Cambridge Road, 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 Cambridge Road homes
5 Cambridge Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,876
Street avg £3,541
Floor Area
161 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.8dB