28 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF
About 28 Hollytrees
28 Hollytrees is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8SF). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£429/sq ft) was about 108.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 28 EPCs). Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £263,000. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
28 Hollytrees has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single story rear extension
- Agent
- Anglian Home Improvements
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1904/15/FL
What's in 28 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£289,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 6 years.
£263,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
4 May 2022Most recent
£263,000
+15.9%over 6 years29 March 2016
£227,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 8SF: £310,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in CB23 8SF
23 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF
Sold Jun 2024
£290,00045 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF
Sold Jun 2024
£310,00038 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF
Sold Sept 2023
£247,00020 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF
Sold Aug 2023
£325,00164 Hollytrees, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SF
Sold Mar 2023
£375,000
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Versus other Hollytrees homes
Price per m² for 28 Hollytrees runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,614
Street avg £3,168
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 3.1 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
Bar Hill Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.8dB