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45 Pretoria Road, Cambridge, CB4 1HD

Notable views3 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
177 m²
1905 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 49
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 45 Pretoria Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

45 Pretoria Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 1HD). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,053,000 sits 439.7% above the 1997 sale of £195,100. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 74.4% below the postcode norm. At 177 m² it's 16.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 13 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
  • Bathrooms2
  • Open-plan layoutYes
  • Dining roomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-facing
  • ParkingOff street
  • Notable viewsYes

Building

  • RefurbishedYes
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

45 Pretoria Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E49
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
10.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)Solid (non-cavity) walls

Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 45 Pretoria Road, Cambridge, CB4 1HD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history at 45 Pretoria Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.

3 applications on record at 45 Pretoria Road, Cambridge, CB4 1HD

3decisions25documents32nearby
  1. Sept 2015
    Tree WorksTrees
    Outcome in report

    T1 - Walnut - Crown reduce height by 4m down to previous pruning points, crown reduce spread to shape and balanceT2 - Prunus - Crown reduce height by 3m to gutter height, crown reduce spread over footpath by 2m to shape and balance. Remove short stem adjacent to driveT3 - Walnut (young) - Fell

    Council
    Cambridge City Council
    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    15/356/TTCA
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. Tree WorksDecision
  4. Tree WorksDecision

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

45 Pretoria Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).

Current estimate

£1,053,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (1997)

£195,100

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 11 December 1997Most recent

    £195,100

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 1HD: £1,190,000 (2023–2018).

On the street

Versus other Pretoria Road homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², 45 Pretoria Road runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,102

Street avg £6,677

Strongly below

Floor Area

177 m²

Street avg 149 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

10.0 t/year

Street avg 7.4 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 45 Pretoria Road

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.

Crime

7/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

2.3 km

Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.

Closest school

0.5 km

Milton Road Primary School. 26 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB4 1HD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB4 1HD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.8dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB4 1HD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 45 Pretoria Road, Cambridge, CB4 1HD. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.