2 Fairview Grove, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LB
About 2 Fairview Grove
2 Fairview Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 0LB). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on electricity. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 193.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2024 at £310,000.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parkingoff_road
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Oct 2025DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
The creation of a two-storey side extension and a single-storey rear extension to the house, including the demolition of the existing outbuilding and the construction of a garage
Extension- Documents
- 31 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00541/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Fairview Grove
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
2 Fairview Grove has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£333,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 29 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 29 years.
Sales timeline
1 November 2024Most recent
£310,000
+318.9%over 25 years15 April 1999
£74,000
+139.7%over 3 years22 January 1996
£30,870
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 0LB: £262,500 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in CB25 0LB
1 Fairview Grove, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LB
Sold Sept 2024
£377,50025 Fairview Grove, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LB
Sold Jan 2023
£262,50017 Fairview Grove, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LB
Sold Jan 2015
£275,0003 Fairview Grove, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LB
Sold Dec 2014
£160,00024 Fairview Grove, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LB
Sold Sept 2010
£105,000
Everything we know about 2 Fairview Grove, 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 Fairview Grove homes
2 Fairview Grove outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,133
Street avg £1,954
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.4 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
0.6 km
Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School. 2 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
46.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB