8 The Hythe, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0JQ

8 The Hythe is a two-bedroom detached house in Reach, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 0JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since July 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 sits 74.1% above the 2007 sale of £270,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. At 88 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 3 EPCs).