8 Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7QS
About 8 Main Street
8 Main Street is a seven-bedroom detached house in Hardwick, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 7QS). It has a recorded floor area of 360 m² (around 3875 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.
At 360 m² the property is well over the postcode median (159 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,647,000 is 19.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £1,375,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms7
- Bathrooms4
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Garagedetached
Energy performance
8 Main Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Nov 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1: Blackthorn - Recently split and partially failed in high winds, remove to a 30mm stump
- Agent
- Oakes and Watson
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0993/TTCA
- Sept 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
(T1) Ash - remove large mid-crown lateral heading towards right hand boundary - reduce remaining top crown and mid crown to shape by a maximum of 1.5 meters. To reduce the risk of end loading and improve form. (T2) Beech - sympathetically reduce by 1 meter back to fence line, cutting to lives. (T3) Copper Beech - reduce dead top crown and shape sympathetically to encourage regeneration. (T4) Apple - reduce large lateral heading towards house by 3 meters, back to an upright live. - reduce lateral heading diagonally towards left hand boundary to match by a maximum of 2 meters. - reduce water shoots in top crown to balance and shape by a maximum of 2 meters.
- Agent
- Oakes and Watson
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0896/TTCA
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,647,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 12 years.
£1,375,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
3 August 2021Most recent
£1,375,000
+69.4%over 12 years30 April 2009
£811,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 7QS: £1,065,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in CB23 7QS
1 St Marys Court, Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7QS
Sold Nov 2023
£1,460,00044 Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7QS
Sold Feb 2023
£1,450,00030 Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7QS
Sold Aug 2021
£525,0002 Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7QS
Sold Nov 2020
£557,0006 Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB23 7QS
Sold Oct 2019
£1,065,000
Everything we know about 8 Main Street, 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 Main Street homes
8 Main Street outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,819
Street avg £3,377
Floor Area
360 m²
Street avg 186 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School. 4 schools 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
37.6dB