21 Hillcrest, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TG

21 Hillcrest is a two-bedroom detached house in Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8TG). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since December 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 100). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 54 m² it's 28.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 64.3% above the 2007 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 49% above the typical sold price in the postcode.