8 Watermead, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TJ

8 Watermead is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in June 2003. Across 1996–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 13% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 102.1% above the 2003 sale of £93,500. At 43 m² it's 15.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 35 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.