20 Orchard Way, Oakington, Cambridge, CB24 3BQ

20 Orchard Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Oakington, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 3BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 163 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 75% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £550,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.