Mayfields, Beach Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RG
About Mayfields
Mayfields is a three-bedroom detached house in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 8RG). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £592,000 is 28.7% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 26% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Mayfields sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2019PorchFullIn report
Single storey front porch extension and two storey rear/side extension.
- Agent
- Dmca Architects
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Extension- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- S/4445/18/FL
- Nov 2017ConditionsIn report
Removal of Conditions 2 3 & 4 of Planning Application C/0090/52
- Agent
- Cheffins Planning And Development
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2780/17/VC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Mayfields valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£592,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£460,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 April 2018Most recent
£460,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 8RG: £340,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB24 8RG
49 Beach Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RG
Sold Feb 2025
£315,0003 Beach Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RG
Sold Nov 2024
£285,00027 Beach Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RG
Sold Jun 2024
£340,00060 Beach Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RG
Sold Sept 2023
£554,00015 Beach Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RG
Sold Jul 2022
£460,000
Everything we know about Mayfields, 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 Beach Road homes
Mayfields is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,738
Street avg £3,167
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
0.5 km
Cottenham Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB