4 Cottenham Close, Over, Cambridge, CB24 5PB
About 4 Cottenham Close
4 Cottenham Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Over, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 5PB). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £581,000 is 13.9% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £510,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Front of property
Proposed works comprise two new timber framed and clad building volumes. A new two storey extension to the front of house containing a living room and a master bedroom as well as a single storey extension to the rear over the footprint of the existing ground floor.
- Agent
- HWLK
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 31 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2908/15/FL
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£581,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 18 years.
£510,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
29 April 2021Most recent
£510,000
+150.0%over 15 years1 September 2005
£204,000
+4.6%over 2 years28 November 2002
£195,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in CB24 5PB: £266,000 (2018–2004).
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.1 km
Over Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB