23 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT
About 23 Acorn Avenue
23 Acorn Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8DT). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 72).
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 is 21.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 33.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £405,000. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- StudyYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Acorn Avenue has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single Storey Side and Single Storey Rear Extension
- Agent
- Biddle Co
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1261/16/FL
What's in 23 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2006.
£493,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 16 years.
£405,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
24 April 2022Most recent
£405,000
+102.5%over 15 years27 April 2006
£199,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 8DT: £350,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CB23 8DT
38 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT
Sold Jul 2025
£417,0009 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT
Sold May 2025
£312,50021 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT
Sold May 2024
£420,00036 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT
Sold Feb 2023
£350,00020 Acorn Avenue, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DT
Sold Mar 2021
£345,000
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Versus other Acorn Avenue homes
23 Acorn Avenue outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,893
Street avg £2,532
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bar Hill Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.1dB