12 Thatchers Wood, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3BX
About 12 Thatchers Wood
12 Thatchers Wood is a four-bedroom detached house in Longstanton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 3BX). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2021 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Held since August 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 188 m² it's 23.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £640,000 is 45.5% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£218/sq ft) was about 26.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
12 Thatchers Wood sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
12 Thatchers Wood has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Garage Extension
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- S/1254/06/F
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£640,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.3% per year over 10 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 10.3% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
18 August 2010Most recent
£440,000
+159.3%over 9 years30 November 2000
£169,701
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 3BX: £677,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in CB24 3BX
11 Thatchers Wood, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3BX
Sold Aug 2024
£720,0009 Thatchers Wood, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3BX
Sold Jan 2024
£560,00024 Thatchers Wood, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3BX
Sold Mar 2021
£410,00018 Thatchers Wood, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3BX
Sold Mar 2021
£677,00020 Thatchers Wood, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3BX
Sold Dec 2016
£680,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Thatchers Wood homes
12 Thatchers Wood is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£2,343
Street avg £2,654
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.7 km
Hatton Park Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB