5 Glebe Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9RJ
About 5 Glebe Road
5 Glebe Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 9RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).
At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£551/sq ft) was about 195.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £350,000 in November 2022. 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
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
5 Glebe Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Glebe Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£340,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 26 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
10 November 2022Most recent
£350,000
+16.3%over 5 years13 July 2017
£301,000
+15.8%over 1 year4 November 2015
£260,000
+10.6%over 1 year28 March 2014
£235,000
+30.9%over 3 years28 March 2011
£179,500
+58.8%over 9 years27 March 2002
£113,000
+93.2%over 5 years3 July 1996
£58,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 9RJ: £395,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in CB25 9RJ
1 Glebe Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9RJ
Sold Jun 2022
£590,0008 Glebe Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9RJ
Sold May 2022
£312,5006 Glebe Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9RJ
Sold Dec 2020
£475,0009 Glebe Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9RJ
Sold Mar 2016
£395,0004 Glebe Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9RJ
Sold Feb 2015
£342,500
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Versus other Glebe Road homes
5 Glebe Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,932
Street avg £3,095
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Waterbeach Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.7 km
Waterbeach Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB