5a, Lowburyholme Road, Over, Cambridge, CB24 5NP
About 5a
5a is a three-bedroom detached house in Over, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 5NP). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
A recent sale: £685,000 in February 2025. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 150 m² it's 18.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (184 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 2001–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Communal gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Aug 2025DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension, following demolition of existing. Replacement windows.
- Agent
- Visual Creations Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
ExtensionNew Windows- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/02411/HFUL
- Mar 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Walnut tree - Remove Reason - Majority of the tree is dead and the rest is diseased.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0218/TTPO
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 5a
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£735,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 23 years.
£685,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
10 February 2025Most recent
£685,000
+280.6%over 23 years30 August 2001
£180,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CB24 5NP: £416,500 (2025–2013).
Everything we know about 5a, in one report
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 Lowburyholme Road homes
EPC Rating
78 (C)
Street avg 76 (C)
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 192 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
0.6 km
Over Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB