8 Goldfinch Drive, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8XY

8 Goldfinch Drive is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 8XY). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Sold March 2021 for £275,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 72 m² it's 18% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 27 EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 is 14.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 52.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.