20 Merton Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JW

20 Merton Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Histon, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9JW). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2012. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Held since January 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £360,000 sits 500.5% above the 1996 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 64.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 68 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 34 EPCs).