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14 Merton Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JW

1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
70 m²
753 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 64
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 14 Merton Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

14 Merton Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Histon, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9JW). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£534/sq ft) was about 132.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 34 EPCs). Sold October 2022 for £402,000. 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

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Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D64
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 14 Merton Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

14 Merton Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

  1. May 2023
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Single storey extension to rear.

    Agent
    Vision Structures Ltd
    Council
    South Cambridgeshire District Council
    Documents
    10 docs on file
    Reference
    23/01193/HFUL
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

14 Merton Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£421,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 26 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£402,000

Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 26 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 24 October 2022Most recent

    £402,000

    +425.5%over 25 years

  2. 7 March 1997

    £76,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9JW: £575,000 (2024–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Merton Road homes

Four headline reads against 34 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

14 Merton Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£5,743

Street avg £3,740

Strongly above

Floor Area

70 m²

Street avg 90 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

3.3 t/year

Street avg 4.2 t/year

Strongly above
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£416k

1 Aingers Road, Histon

CB24 9JP

2 bed1 bath
£331k

1 Brackenbury Manor, Kay Hitch Way, Histon

CB24 9YY

2 bed2 bath
£436k

1 Allington Close, Histon

CB24 9YB

3 bed
£399k

1 Farmstead Close, Histon

CB24 9XT

3 bed1 bath
£451k

1 Brackenbury, Impington

CB24 9YQ

3 bed
£483k

1 Burkett Way, Histon

CB24 9XU

4 bed
£1.2m

1 Clay Close Lane, Impington

CB24 9NE

3 bed2 bath
£701k

1 Burrough Field, Impington

CB24 9NW

4 bed2 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.
Full Cambridge report

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

Histon and Impington Brook Primary School. 9 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB24 9JW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB24 9JW

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB24 9JW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.7dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

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