5 Corbett Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8QX

5 Corbett Street is a one-bedroom detached house in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 8QX). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

At 205 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 60.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.