16 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
About 16 Lode Road
16 Lode Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 9DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £642,000 is 16.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 25% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (July 2016).
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- LandYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
16 Lode Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Apr 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 Lode Road has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Construction of single storey extension
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 08/00978/FUL
What's in 16 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 16 Lode Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£642,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 9 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
27 July 2016Most recent
£550,000
+83.3%over 9 years22 April 2007
£300,000
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
£510,0001 Bradford Cottages, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold Nov 2022
£497,000115 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold Mar 2022
£375,00052 Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DJ
Sold May 2021
£320,000
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Versus other Lode Road homes
16 Lode Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,986
Street avg £3,693
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 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