1 Bradford Cottages, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
About 1 Bradford Cottages
1 Bradford Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 9DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band.
At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £497,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemgas
- EV chargerYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2025RenovationHeritageIn report
Replacement windows and door to front elevation, garage doors repainted to match and replacement tiles to porch, hall and hearth
New Windows- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01151/LBC
- Nov 2023ConditionsIn report
To discharge Condition 3 (doors & windows drawings) of decision 23/00739/LBC dated 15 August 2023 for Replacement doors and windows to rear elevation and internal ground floor alterations
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00739/DISA
What's in 1 Bradford Cottages, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£505,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£497,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 November 2022Most recent
£497,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 9DJ: £375,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CB25 9DJ
26a, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold Mar 2025
£310,00011 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold Mar 2025
£510,000115 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold Mar 2022
£375,00052 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold May 2021
£320,0003 Bradford Cottages, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold Feb 2021
£375,000
Everything we know about 1 Bradford Cottages, in one report
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Versus other Lode Road homes
Years Held for 1 Bradford Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,142
Street avg £3,683
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.2 km
Bottisham Village College. 3 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
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB