87 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET

87 Cottenham Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Histon, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9ET). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 781 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 48 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £391,000 sits 86.2% above the 2011 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 16% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.