1 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
About 1 Villa Road
1 Villa Road is a detached house in Impington, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £880,000 in March 2021. 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£447/sq ft) was about 39.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Villa Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
TPO 0006 (2003) T3 & T4: T1 Lime to left at front ~ Repollard, equating to reduction of approximately 3.5 metres of regrowth, leaving shaped and balanced crown. T2 Lime to right of garage at front ~ Repollard, equating to reduction of approximately 3.5 metres of regrowth, leaving shaped and balanced crown.
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/1399/TTPO
- Aug 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Chris Low Architecture Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02905/HFUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Villa Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£940,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 22 years.
£880,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
25 March 2021Most recent
£880,000
+3.5%over 5 years26 August 2015
£850,000
+388.5%over 7 years25 October 2007
£174,000
-67.5%over 2 years21 August 2005
£535,000
+105.0%over 6 years29 October 1998
£261,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9NZ: £670,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB24 9NZ
29 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Feb 2025
£775,0002 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Nov 2024
£715,0003 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Jun 2024
£435,00042 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Mar 2022
£670,00028 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Mar 2022
£410,000
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Villa Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 1 Villa Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,809
Street avg £3,532
Floor Area
183 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.8 km
Impington Village College. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB