25 Cherry Orchard, Oakington, Cambridge, CB24 3AY

25 Cherry Orchard is a four-bedroom detached house in Oakington, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 3AY). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in September 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 103 m² it sits well below the postcode median (157 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £466,000 sits 50.3% above the 2007 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 26.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.