1 Burwell Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JH
About 1 Burwell Road
1 Burwell Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Reach, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 0JH). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 228% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £350,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Burwell Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
- Sept 2007PorchFullIn report
Vehicular access and front porch.
Extension- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00740/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Burwell Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 7 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
15 February 2021Most recent
£350,000
+16.7%over 4 years9 December 2016
£300,000
+20.0%over 2 years28 July 2014
£249,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 0JH: £318,000 (2018–2006).
Nearby sales in CB25 0JH
7 Burwell Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JH
Sold Jun 2018
£535,0002b, Burwell Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JH
Sold Feb 2011
£245,00021 Burwell Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JH
Sold Jan 2007
£485,0005 Burwell Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JH
Sold Aug 2006
£318,0009 Burwell Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JH
Sold Apr 2006
£310,000
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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 Burwell Road homes
1 Burwell Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,646
Street avg £1,793
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 172 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.8 km
Burwell Village College (Primary). 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB