42 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
About 42 Villa Road
42 Villa Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Impington, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft). The latest certificate (June 2014) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 105). The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.
At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£366/sq ft) was about 17.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £670,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
42 Villa Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
42 Villa Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 42 Villa Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£683,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.0% per year over 8 years.
£670,000
Growth on file: 2.0% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2022Most recent
£670,000
+16.5%over 7 years31 July 2014
£574,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9NZ: £655,000 (2025–2021).
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
£435,00028 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Mar 2022
£410,00032 Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ
Sold Sept 2021
£655,000
Everything we know about 42 Villa Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Villa Road homes
42 Villa Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,941
Street avg £3,570
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 136 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 11 years
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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.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB