23 Otter Close, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8EA

23 Otter Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8EA). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since February 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £234,000 sits 112.7% above the 2003 sale of £109,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 26.1% below the postcode norm.